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1 Samuel 16:1-10

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David Anointed King

1 The LORD said to Samuel, 1"How long will you grieve over Saul, since 2I have rejected him from being king over Israel? 3Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, 4for 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, 5'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'
3 And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. 6And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you."
4 Samuel did what the LORD commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city 7came to meet him trembling and said, 8"Do you come peaceably?"
5 And he said, "Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. 9Consecrate 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 10Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD's anointed is before him."
7 But the LORD said to Samuel, 11"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, 12but the LORD looks on the heart."
8 Then Jesse called 13Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, "Neither has the LORD chosen this one."
9 Then Jesse made 14Shammah pass by. And he said, "Neither has the LORD chosen this one."
10 And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, "The LORD has not chosen these."
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1 Samuel 16:1-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 16

In this chapter Samuel is ordered to anoint a king among the sons of Jesse of Bethlehem, 1Sa 16:1-5 all whose sons were made to pass before him, excepting David, 1Sa 16:6-10 who being then with his father's sheep, was sent for and was anointed, 1Sa 16:11-13, after which the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and he became melancholy, and it was advised to seek out a musician for him, and David was mentioned to him as a proper person, 1Sa 16:14-18 upon which he was sent for, and acted as a musician to Saul, and also became his armourbearer, which was the first rise of him, 1Sa 16:19-23.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 14

  • 1. 1 Samuel 15:35
  • 2. 1 Samuel 15:23, 26
  • 3. See 1 Samuel 10:1
  • 4. Psalms 78:70; Psalms 89:19, 20; Acts 13:22
  • 5. [1 Samuel 9:12; 1 Samuel 20:29]
  • 6. 1 Samuel 9:16
  • 7. 1 Samuel 21:1
  • 8. 1 Kings 2:13; [2 Kings 9:22]
  • 9. Joshua 3:5
  • 10. 1 Samuel 17:13
  • 11. Psalms 147:10, 11
  • 12. 1 Kings 8:39; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Psalms 7:9; Jeremiah 11:20; Jeremiah 17:10; Jeremiah 20:12; [Acts 1:24]
  • 13. 1 Samuel 17:13
  • 14. [See ver. 8 above]
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