OLD TESTAMENT

1 Samuel 16:6

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When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.”

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Verse 6. Him. Hebrew “surely the Lord’s anointed is in his presence.” This he spoke by his own spirit, judging from the comeliness of Eliab. Calmet.—But the beauty of Saul’s body had concealed a deformed soul. Bible.

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