Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”
- KJV Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
- BSB Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
- NASB Next Jesse had Shammah pass by. And he said, “The Lord has not chosen this one, either.”
- NLT Next Jesse summoned Shimea, but Samuel said, “Neither is this the one the Lord has chosen.”
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Quick answer
Jesse presents Shammah, but again the LORD has not chosen him. The pattern of divine refusal continues.
Overview
A third capable son is set aside, deepening the theme that God's criteria are hidden from human sight. The narrative repetition stresses that no merely natural qualification secures God's choice. It heightens anticipation for the one God has truly appointed.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- 1 Sam 17:13The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
- 1 Chr 2:13and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,
- 2 Sam 13:3But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.
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The rise of the anointed king after Israel's failed first choice points to the true Anointed One (Messiah means 'anointed'), the shepherd-king after God's own heart from Bethlehem.
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