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1Sa 16:16 — Let our lord now command thy servants, [which are] before thee, to seek out a man, [who is] a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

before thee		1Sa 16:21,22; Gen 41:46; 1Ki 10:8
play		1Sa 16:23; 1Sa 10:5; 2Ki 3:15

Correlating Passages

before thee

	1Sa 16:21	And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
	1Sa 16:22	And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
	Gen 41:46	And Joseph [was] thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
	1Ki 10:8	Happy [are] thy men, happy [are] these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, [and] that hear thy wisdom.

play

	1Sa 16:23	And it came to pass, when the [evil] spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
	1Sa 10:5	After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where [is] the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
	2Ki 3:15	But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 16:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/1Sa/16/16.html>.

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