²² After removing Saul,^(A) he made David their king.^(B) God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart;^(C) he will do everything I want him to do.’^(D)

Samuel Anoints David

16 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn^(A) for Saul, since I have rejected^(B) him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil^(C) and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse^(D) of Bethlehem. I have chosen^(E) one of his sons to be king.”