But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart."
‭‭1 Samuel‬ ‭16:7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

King Saul looked the part. Jesse’s older sons looked the part. David didn’t. Jewish tradition even says that his father questioned I whether David was even legitimately his son. From the world’s perspective, David could never be the king of Israel. But YHWH saw things very differently.

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