1 Samuel 16:11-13

11 Puis Samuel dit à Isaï: Sont-ce là tous tes fils? Et il répondit: Il reste encore le plus jeune, mais il fait paître les brebis. Alors Samuel dit à Isaï: Envoie-le chercher, car nous ne nous placerons pas avant qu'il ne soit venu ici.

12 Isaï l'envoya chercher. Or il était blond, avec de beaux yeux et une belle figure. L'Eternel dit à Samuel: Lève-toi, oins-le, car c'est lui!

13 Samuel prit la corne d'huile, et l'oignit au milieu de ses frères. L'esprit de l'Eternel saisit David, à partir de ce jour et dans la suite. Samuel se leva, et s'en alla à Rama.

1 Samuel 16:11-13 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.