## Targum Jonathan on I Samuel Chapter 16

###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:1
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וַאֲמַר יְיָ לִשְׁמוּאֵל עַד אֵימָתַי אַתְּ מִתְאַבֵּל אֶל שָׁאוּל וַאֲנָא רְחַקְתֵּיהּ מִלְמֶהֱוֵי מַלְכָּא עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל מְלֵי קַרְנָךְ מִשְׁחָא וְאִיתָא אֶשְׁלְחִינָךְ לְוַת יִשַׁי דְמִבֵּית לֶחֶם אֲרֵי גְלֵי קֳדָמַי בִּבְנוֹהִי כָּשַׁר קֳדָמַי לְמֶהֱוֵי מַלְכָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn over Saul, while I have removed him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I send you to Jesse, who is from Bethlehem, for there is revealed before Me among his sons one fit before Me to be the king.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:2
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וַאֲמַר שְׁמוּאֵל אֵיכְדֵין אֵיזֵל וְאִם יִשְׁמַע שָׁאוּל וְיִקְטְלִינַנִי וַאֲמַר יְיָ עֶגְלַת תּוֹרִין תִּסַב בִּידָךְ וְתֵימַר לְדַבָּחָא קֳדָם יְיָ אָתֵיתִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the LORD said, “Take a heifer by your hand, and say, ´I have come to sacrifice before the LORD.’


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:3
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וְתַזְמִין לְיִשַׁי בְּשֵׁירוּתָא וַאֲנָא אַחֲזִינָךְ יַת דְתַעְבֵּד וְתִמְשַׁח קֳדָמַי יַת דְאֵימַר לָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And you shall invite Jesse to the meal, and I will tell you what you shall do; and you shall anoint before Me him whom I name to you.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:4
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וַעֲבַד שְׁמוּאֵל יַת דְמַלֵיל יְיָ וַאֲתָא לְבֵית לֶחֶם וְאִתְכַּנָשׁוּ סָבֵי קַרְתָּא לִקְדָמוּתֵיהּ וַאֲמַרוּ שְׁלָם מֵיתָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Samuel did as the LORD said, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city gathered to meet him, and said, “Is your coming peaceful?”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:5
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וַאֲמַר שְׁלָם לְדַבָּחָא קֳדָם יְיָ אָתֵיתִי אִזְדַמָנוּ וְתֵיעֲלוּן עִמִי לְשֵׁירוּתָא וְזַמֵין יַת יִשַׁי וְיַת בְּנוֹהִי וּקְרָא לְהוֹן לְנִכְסַת קוּדְשָׁא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And he said, “Peaceful! I have come to sacrifice before the LORD; consider yourselves invited and come with me to the meal.” And he invited Jesse and his sons, and called them to the meal, to the sacrifice of holy things.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:6
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וַהֲוָה בְּמֵיעַלְהוֹן וַחֲזָא יַת אֱלִיאָב וַאֲמַר בְּרַם תַּקִין קֳדָם יְיָ מְשִׁיחֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
When they came, he looked on Eliab and said, “Surely, suitable before the LORD is his anointed one.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:7
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וַאֲמַר יְיָ לִשְׁמוּאֵל לָא תִסְתַּכֵּל בְּחֶזְוֵיהּ וּבְרוּם קוֹמָתֵיהּ אֲרֵי רְחַקְתֵּיה אֲרֵי לָא כְּמוֹ דְחָזָן בְּנֵי אֱנָשָׁא אֲרֵי בְּנֵי אֱנָשָׁא חָזָן בְּעֵינַיְהוֹן וְקֳדָם יְיָ גַלְיָן מַחְשְׁבַת לִבָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have removed him. For it is not as sons of man see; for sons of man see with their eyes, but before the LORD the thoughts of the heart are revealed.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:8
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וּקְרָא יִשַׁי לַאֲבִינָדָב וְאַעֲבִירֵיהּ קֳדָם שְׁמוּאֵל וַאֲמַר אַף בְּדֵין לָא רַעֲוָא קֳדָם יְיָ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, “Neither is there delight in him before the LORD.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:9
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וְאַעֲבַר יִשַׁי שַׁמָה וַאֲמַר אַף בְּדֵין לָא רַעֲוָא קֳדָם יְיָ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither is there delight in him before the LORD.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:10
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וְאַעֲבַר יִשַׁי שַׁבְעָא בְנוֹהִי קֳדָם שְׁמוּאֵל וַאֲמַר שְׁמוּאֵל לְיִשַׁי לָא רַעֲוָא קֳדָם יְיָ בְּאִלֵין:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “There is no delight before the LORD in them.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:11
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וַאֲמַר שְׁמוּאֵל לְיִשַׁי הַשְׁלִימוּ עוּלֵימַיָא וַאֲמַר עוֹד אִשְׁתָּאַר זְעֵירָא וְהָא רָעֵי בְעָנָא וַאֲמַר שְׁמוּאֵל לְיִשַׁי שְׁלַח וְאַיְתִינֵיהּ אֲרֵי לָא נִסְתְּחַר עַד מֵיתוֹהִי הָכָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are the young men complete?” And he said, “There remains one, the smallest, but behold, he is tending the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he comes here.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:12
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וּשְׁלַח וְאַיְתֵיהּ וְהוּא סַמוֹק עֵינוֹהִי יָאִין וְשַׁפִּיר בְּרֵיוֵיהּ וַאֲמַר יְיָ קוּם מַשְׁחֵיהּ אֲרֵי דֵין הוּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, his eyes were beautiful, and he was handsome in appearance. And the LORD said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:13
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וּנְסִיב שְׁמוּאֵל יַת קַרְנָא דְמִשְׁחָא וּמְשַׁח יַת דָוִד בְּגוֹ אֲחוֹהִי וּשְׁרַת רוּחַ נְבוּאָה מִן קֳדָם יְיָ עַל דָוִד מִיוֹמָא הַהוּא וּלְעֵלָא וְקָם שְׁמוּאֵל וַאֲזַל לְרָמָתָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And a mighty spirit from before the LORD dwelt upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:14
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וְרוּחַ גְבוּרָה מִן קֳדָם יְיָ דַהֲוַת עִם שָׁאוּל עֲדָת מִנֵיהּ וּמְבַעֲתָא לֵיהּ רוּחַ בִּישָׁא מִן קֳדָם יְיָ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the mighty spirit from before the LORD who had been with Saul, departed from him; and an evil spirit from before the LORD tormented him.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:15
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וַאֲמַרוּ עַבְדֵי שָׁאוּל לֵיהּ הָא כְעַן רוּחַ בִּישָׁא מִן קֳדָם יְיָ מְבַעֲתָא לָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul’s servants said to him, “Behold now, an evil spirit from before the LORD is tormenting you.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:16
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יֵימַר כְּעַן רִבּוֹנָנָא עַבְדָךְ קֳדָמָךְ יִבְעוּן גַבְרָא דְיָדַע לְנַגְנָא בְּכִנוֹרָא וִיְהֵי כַּד תִשְׁרֵי עֲלָךְ רוּחַ בִּישָׁא מִן קֳדָם יְיָ וִינַגֵן בִּידֵיהּ וְיֵיטַב לָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Let our lord now say, your servants before you must seek out a man who knows to play the lyre. And when an evil spirit from before the LORD is dwelling upon you, he will play it with his hand, and you will be well.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:17
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וַאֲמַר שָׁאוּל לְעַבְדוֹהִי חֲזוֹ כְעַן לִי גַבְרָא דְמוֹטִיב לְנַגָנָא וְתַיְתוּנֵיהּ לְוָתִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So Saul said to his servants, “See for me a man who can play well, and bring him to me.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:18
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וְאָתֵיב חַד מֵעוּלֵימַיָא וַאֲמַר הָא חֲזֵתִי בַּר לְיִשַׁי דְמִבֵּית לֶחֶם יָדַע לְנַגָנָא וְגִבַּר חֵילָא וְגִבַּר עָבִיד קְרָבִין וְסוּכְלָתָן בְּעֵצָה וְגַבְרָא שַׁפִּיר בְּרֵיוָא וּמֵימְרָא דַייָ בְּסַעֲדֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
One of the young men answered and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse, who is from Bethlehem, knowing to play, a hero of the army, a man waging war, prudent in counsel, a man handsome in his appearance, and the speech of the LORD is in his aid.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:19
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וּשְׁלַח שָׁאוּל אִזְגַדִין לְוַת יִשָׁי וַאֲמַר שַׁדַר לִי יַת דָוִד בְּרָךְ דִי בְּעָנָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:20
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וּנְסִיב יִשַׁי טְעוּן חַמְרָא טְעוּן דְלַחְמָא וּגְרַב דַחֲמָר וְגַדְיָא בַר עִזֵי חַד וְשַׁדַר בְּיַד דָוִד בְּרֵיהּ לְוַת שָׁאוּל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Jesse took an ass load of bread, and a skin of wine, and a kid – a son of goats –, and he sent them by his son David to Saul.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:21
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וַאֲתָא דָוִד לְוַת שָׁאוּל וְשַׁמֵשׁ קֳדָמוֹהִי וְרִחֲמֵיהּ לַחֲדָא וַהֲוָה לֵיהּ נָטַל זְיָנִין:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David came to Saul, and served before him. And Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armour bearer.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:22
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וּשְׁלַח שָׁאוּל לְוַת יִשַׁי לְמֵימָר יְשַׁמֵשׁ כְּעַן דָוִד קֳדָמַי אֲרֵי אַשְׁכַּח רַחֲמִין קֳדָמַי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Let David serve me, for he has found favour in my eyes.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 16:23
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וַהֲוָה כַּד שַׁרְיָא רוּחַ בִּישָׁא מִן קֳדָם יְיָ לְוַת שָׁאוּל וּנְסִיב דָוִד יַת כִּנוֹרָא וּמְנַגֵן בִּידֵיהּ וּמִתְרְוַח לְשָׁאוּל וְטָב לֵיהּ וּמִסְתַּלְקָא מִנֵיהּ רוּחַ בִּישָׁא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And whenever an evil spirit from before the LORD dwelt upon Saul, David took the lyre and played it with his hand; so it was refreshing to Saul, and the evil spirit departed from him.