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1Sa 16:13 Strong Concordance Then Samuel [08050] took [03947] the horn [07161] of oil [08081], and anointed [04886] him in the midst [07130] of his brethren [0251]: and the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] came [06743] upon David [01732] from that day [03117] forward [04605]. So Samuel [08050] rose up [06965], and went [03212] to Ramah [07414].
  King James 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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him--This transaction must have been strictly private.
 
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14 And when he came [0935] unto Lehi [03896], the Philistines [06430] shouted [07321] against [07125] him: and the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] came mightily [06743] upon him, and the cords [05688] that were upon his arms [02220] became as flax [06593] that was burnt [01197] with fire [0784], and his bands [0612] loosed [04549] from off his hands [03027].
18 And the men [0582] of the city [05892] said [0559] unto him on the seventh [07637] day [03117] before the sun [02775] went down [0935], What is sweeter [04966] than honey [01706]? and what is stronger [05794] than a lion [0738]? And he said [0559] unto them, If [03884] ye had not plowed [02790] with my heifer [05697], ye had not found out [04672] my riddle [02420].
29 Then the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] came upon Jephthah [03316], and he passed over [05674] Gilead [01568], and Manasseh [04519], and passed over [05674] Mizpeh [04708] of Gilead [01568], and from Mizpeh [04708] of Gilead [01568] he passed over [05674] unto the children [01121] of Ammon [05983].
34 But the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] came [03847] upon Gideon [01439], and he blew [08628] a trumpet [07782]; and Abiezer [044] was gathered [02199] after [0310] him.
10 And the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] came upon him, and he judged [08199] Israel [03478], and went out [03318] to war [04421]: and the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] Chushanrishathaim [03573] king [04428] of Mesopotamia [0763] into his hand [03027]; and his hand [03027] prevailed [05810] against Chushanrishathaim [03573].
6 And the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] will come [06743] upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy [05012] with them, and shalt be turned [02015] into another [0312] man [0376].