KING DAVID (The Red Bone King) part 3

1 Samuel 16:1(Kjv)
1 And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth–lehemite: FOR I HAVE PROVIDED ME A KING AMONG HIS SONS.
2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.
3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
4 And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came to Beth–lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the Lord: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before him.
7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, LOOK NOT ON HIS COUNTENANCE, OR ON THE HEIGHT OF HIS STATURE; BECAUSE I HAVE REFUSED HIM: FOR THE LORD SEETH NOT AS MAN SEETH; FOR MAN LOOKETH ON THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE, BUT THE LORD LOOKETH ON THE HEART.
8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen these.
11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet THE YOUNGEST and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
12 And he sent, and brought him in. NOW HE WAS RUDDY, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
13 Then 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.
(When David is described as being "RUDDY" in verse 12, it means King David was a reddish brown color aka a red bone. Lets examine the definition of the word ruddy to get the full understanding of this verse.)
Oxford Dictionary
Ruddy:
Pronunciation: /r?’dee/
adjective (ruddier, ruddiest)
1. (of a person’s face) having a healthy red color,
2. having a reddish color:
(If you take this definition for face value and just go with it. You would think King David was a White person who had not sun tanned in a while.
Well lets cross reference this definition with a couple of other dictionaries to bring out the full understanding of this definition found in the Oxford.)
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) English - advanced version
Ruddy
\rud"dy\, a. [compar. ruddier; superl. ruddiest.] [as. rudig. see rud, n.]
1. of a red color; red, or reddish; as, A RUDDY SKY; a ruddy flame. they were more ruddy in body than rubies. iv. 7.
2. of a lively flesh color, OR THE COLOR OF THE HUMAN SKIN IN HIGH HEALTH
(Here in this definition the word ruddy has more detail as to what ruddy looks like biblically. If you google the image of a ruddy sky, you will not see a red sky or a sky that resembles the complexion of a Caucasian person.
What you will see is a reddish brown sky. But lets not stop their. If you google the image of a male ruddy duck and look up the definition of "ruddy duck" you will see that ruddy is really a reddish brown color. Here is the definition of ruddy duck.)

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