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1 Samuel 16:11

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Samuel said to Jesse, Are here all your children? He said, There remains yet the youngest, and, behold, he is keeping the sheep. Samuel said to Jesse, Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he come here.

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Bethlehem was a small town in Judah, the home of Jesse and his sons. In this passage, Samuel’s visit there provides the setting for God’s choice of David, the overlooked youngest son, to be anointed as Israel’s future king.

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1 Samuel 16:11 mentions Bethlehem.

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