¹⁴ but now your reign will not endure.^(A) The Lord has found a man after his own heart,^[a](B) and the Lord has appointed him as ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord commanded.”

Samuel Anoints David

16 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul,^(A) since I have rejected him as king over Israel?^(B) Fill your horn with oil^(C) and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem^(D) because I have selected for myself a king from his sons.”