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David and Samuel
How David and Samuel are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
David and Samuel met.
Samuel anointed David in the midst of his brethren while Saul was still king. Later David fled from Saul to Samuel at Ramah.
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren
1 Samuel 16:13, King James Version
came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him
1 Samuel 19:18, King James Version
Where they cross: 1 Samuel 16:13
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
1 Samuel 16:13
13Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
1 Samuel 19:18
18So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
King James Version