1 Samuel 16:6
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And when they were come in, he saw Eliab, and said: Is the Lord's anointed before him?

Eliab

1 Samuel 17:13,22 And his three eldest sons followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle, were Eliab, the firstborn, and the second, Abinadab, and the third Samma: . . .

1 Chronicles 2:13 And Isai begot Eliab his firstborn, the second Abinadab, the third Simmaa,

1 Chronicles 27:18 Over Juda, Eliu the brother of David over Issachar, Amri the son of Michael:

Elihu

Judges 8:18 And he said to Zebee and Salmana: What manner of men were they, whom you slew in Thabor? They answered: They were like thee, and one of them as the son of a king.

1 Kings 12:26 And Jeroboam said in his heart: Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David,

Context
Samuel Anoints David
5And he said: It is peaceable: I am come to offer sacrifice to the Lord, be ye sanctified, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Isai and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice. 6And when they were come in, he saw Eliab, and said: Is the Lord's anointed before him?7And the Lord said to Samuel: Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature: because I have rejected him, nor do I judge according to the look of man: for man seeth those things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:13
And his three eldest sons followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle, were Eliab, the firstborn, and the second, Abinadab, and the third Samma:

1 Chronicles 28:4
But the Lord God of Israel chose me of all the house of my father, to be king over Israel for ever: for of Juda he chose the princes: and of the house of Juda, my father's house: and among the sons of my father, it pleased him to choose me king over all Israel.

2 Chronicles 11:18
And Roboam took to wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David: and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Isai.

Psalm 84:9
Behold, O God our protector: and look on the face of thy Christ.

Lexicon
When they arrived,
בְּבוֹאָ֔ם (bə·ḇō·w·’ām)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

Samuel saw
וַיַּ֖רְא (way·yar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

Eliab
אֱלִיאָ֑ב (’ĕ·lî·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 446: Eliab -- 'God is father', the name of several Israelites

and said,
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Surely
אַ֛ךְ (’aḵ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

here before
נֶ֥גֶד (ne·ḡeḏ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before

the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

[is His] anointed.”
מְשִׁיחֽוֹ׃ (mə·šî·ḥōw)
Adjective - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4899: Anointed, a consecrated person, the Messiah


Additional Translations
When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.

And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah's anointed is before him.

And it came to pass when they came in, that he saw Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before him.

And it came to pass when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah's anointed is before him.

And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.

And it came to pass when they had come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.

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

And it cometh to pass, in their coming in, that he seeth Eliab, and saith, 'Surely, before Jehovah is His anointed.'
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