David, the youngest of the eight sons of Jesse, was anointed King of Israel by Samuel on the command of God. Through Joseph "of the house of David" Jesus was linked to the lineage of Jesse and to the biblical kings.
This scene is directly related to capital 8, where David plays his lyre to help Saul ease the evil spirit within himself.

Biblical source: 1 Samuel 16:1-13

East View: The sons of Jesse before Samuel.	South View: Samuel anoints David.
West View: Samuel takes a heifer as pretense to go to Bethlehem; the elders there question him.	North View: Sons of Jesse

DETAILS
Detail: west view: tower at corner.	Detail: south view: Samuel with the horn.

Related capitals:

Other David capitals:
Capital 8: David and his musicians
Capital 76: David and Goliath

Old Testament Capitals:
Capital 5: Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
Capital 8: David and his musicians
Capital 19: Samson
Capital 22: Adam and Eve
Capital 48: Daniel in the Lions Den, Habakkuk
Capital 53: 3 Hebrews in the fiery furnace
Capital 57: Abraham sacrifices Isaac
Capital 61: Daniel in the Lion's Den
Capital 73: Cain and Abel
Capital 76: David and Goliath

1 Samuel 16:1-13

¹ The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons."
² And Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me." And the Lord said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.'
³ And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for me him whom I name for you."
⁴ Samuel did what the Lord commanded, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, "Do you come peaceably?"
⁵ And he said, "Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord; consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice." And he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.
⁶ When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, "Surely the lord's anointed is before him."
⁷ 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 a man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart."
⁸ Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, "Neither has the Lord chosen this one."
⁹ Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, "Neither has the Lord chosen this one."
¹⁰ And Jesse made seven sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, "The Lord has not chosen these."
¹¹ And Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all your sons here?" And he said, "There remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep." And Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and Fetch him; for we will not sit down til he comes here."
¹² And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and had beautiful eyes, and was handsome. 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 brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Revised Standard Version.
Inscriptions based on Robert Favereau, Jean Michaud, and Bernadette Leplant, Corpus des Inscriptions de la France Medievale. Vol. 8, Ariege, Haute-Garonne, Hautes-Pyrenees, Tarn-et-Garonne. Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1982.