1 Samuel 16:1 References

1 Now the Lord said to Samuel, "aHow long will you grieve over Saul, since bI have rejected him from being king over Israel? cFill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to dJesse the Bethlehemite, for I have eselected a king for Myself among his sons."

b 1 Samuel 13:13, 1 Samuel 13:14, 1 Samuel 15:23

1 Samuel 13

13 Samuel said to Saul, "aYou have acted foolishly; byou have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, for now the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel cforever.

1 Samuel 13

14 "But anow your kingdom shall not endure. bThe Lord has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has appointed him as ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you."

1 Samuel 15

23 "For rebellion is as the sin of adivination, And insubordination is as biniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, cHe has also rejected you from being king."

Other references for 1 Samuel 16:1

a 1 Samuel 15:35

c 1 Samuel 9:16, 1 Samuel 10:1, 2 Kings 9:1

d Ruth 4:17-22

e Psalms 78:70, Psalms 78:71, Acts 13:22