OLD TESTAMENT

1 Samuel 16:12

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12

He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with a handsome face and good appearance. The LORD said, “Arise! Anoint him, for this is he.”

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Verse 12. Ruddy, like the spouse, Song of Songs 5:10. Some explain it of his hair. So Alexander is said to have had reddish or golden locks.—Behold. Hebrew “with the beauty of the eyes.”

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