Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 16:2

2 Sǎmǔĕr shuō , wǒ zĕn néng qù ne . Sǎoluó ruò tīngjian , bìyào shā wǒ . Yēhéhuá shuō , nǐ kĕyǐ daì yī zhǐ niúdú qù , jiù shuō , wǒ lái shì yào xiàng Yēhéhuá xiànjì .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 16:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 16:2

And Samuel said, how can I go?
&c.] Which argues weakness of faith in Samuel, and fear of man, and a diffidence in and distrust of divine power; for otherwise he that sent him on such an errand could protect him:

if Saul hear it, he will kill me;
should hear that Samuel went and anointed another king, it would so enrage him, that he would either immediately lay hands on him, and put him to death, or order him to be put to death; and indeed were it not that this was done by the command of God, he would deserve to die; it being an overt act of treason to anoint another king:

and the Lord said, take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to
sacrifice to the Lord;
a peace offering, which might be done any where in those unsettled times, the ark being at one place, and the tabernacle at another; and might be offered upon a private altar, and by a private person; and as it seems Samuel used to sacrifice at different places; see ( 1 Samuel 7:9 ) ( 11:15 ) . Ben Gersom relates it as the sense of one of their Rabbins in his age, that there was a person slain in those parts, not known by whom he was slain; and so Samuel is ordered to take an heifer to fulfil the law in ( Deuteronomy 21:1-9 ) and therefore Saul would make no inquiry into his reason of going thither with an heifer, and this is commended both by him and Abarbinel.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 16:2 In-Context

1 Yēhéhuá duì Sǎmǔĕr shuō , wǒ jì yànqì Sǎoluó zuò Yǐsèliè de wáng , nǐ wéi4 tā bēi shāng yào dào jǐshí ne . nǐ jiāng gāo yóu shèng mǎn le jiǎo , wǒ chāiqiǎn nǐ wǎng Bólìhéng rén Yēxī nàli qù . yīnwei wǒ zaì tā zhòng zǐ zhī neì , yùdéng yī gè zuò wáng de .

2 Sǎmǔĕr shuō , wǒ zĕn néng qù ne . Sǎoluó ruò tīngjian , bìyào shā wǒ . Yēhéhuá shuō , nǐ kĕyǐ daì yī zhǐ niúdú qù , jiù shuō , wǒ lái shì yào xiàng Yēhéhuá xiànjì .

3 Nǐ yào qǐng Yēxī lái chī jì ròu , wǒ jiù zhǐshì nǐ suǒ dāng xíng de shì . wǒ suǒ zhǐ gĕi nǐde rén , nǐ yào gāo tā .

4 Sǎmǔĕr jiù zhào Yēhéhuá de huà qù xíng . dào le Bólìhéng , nà chéng lǐ de zhǎnglǎo dōu zhàn zhàn jīng jīng dì chūlai yíngjiē tā , wèn tā shuō , nǐ shì wèi píngān lái de ma .

5 Tā shuō , wèi píngān lái de , wǒ shì gĕi Yēhéhuá xiànjì . nǐmen dāng zì jié , lái yǔ wǒ tóng chī jì ròu . Sǎmǔĕr jiù shǐ Yēxī hé tā zhòng zǐ zì jié , qǐng tāmen lái chī jì ròu .