1 Samuel 16:5-9
1 Samuel 16:5
And he said, “In peace; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” He also consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
1 Samuel 16:6
When they entered, he looked at Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is standing before Him.”
1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God does not see as man sees, since man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
1 Samuel 16:8
Then Jesse called Abinadab and had him pass before Samuel. But he said, “The Lord has not chosen this one, either.”
1 Samuel 16:9
Next Jesse had Shammah pass by. And he said, “The Lord has not chosen this one, either.”