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1 Samuel 16:6

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It happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab, and said, Surely Yahweh's anointed is before him.

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Bethlehem was a small town in Judah, about six miles south of Jerusalem, and the home of Jesse’s family. Samuel’s arrival there to anoint a new king makes it the setting where God overturns human expectations by choosing David rather than Jesse’s impressive older sons.

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1 Samuel 16:6 mentions Bethlehem.

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