1 Samuel 16:1

1 Samuel unge a David como rey
Ahora bien, el Señor
le dijo a Samuel:
—Ya has hecho suficiente duelo por Saúl. Lo he rechazado como rey de Israel, así que llena tu frasco con aceite de oliva y ve a Belén. Busca a un hombre llamado Isaí que vive allí, porque he elegido a uno de sus hijos para que sea mi rey.

1 Samuel 16:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 16:1

And the Lord said unto Samuel
In a vision or dream, or by an articulate voice: how long wilt thou mourn for Saul? he does not blame him for mourning, but for mourning so long; but how long that was cannot be said; and though his affection for him might cause him to indulge to it, yet it was in vain, seeing the sentence was irreversible:

seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel?
that is, his posterity; for he himself reigned as long as he lived, though in a very inglorious manner:

fill thine horn with oil;
with common oil; for that this was the holy anointing oil kept in the tabernacle, as the Jewish writers generally suppose, with which they say David and Solomon, and the kings of Judah, were anointed, there is no reason to believe; since the tabernacle, where this oil was, was at a distance from Samuel, and which seems to have been only for the anointing of the priests. This was not a phial he was bid to take, as when he anointed Saul; but an horn, denoting the abundance of gifts bestowed on David, and the firmness and duration of his kingdom:

and go, and I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite;
the son of Obed, whom Boaz begat of Ruth the Moabitess, ( Ruth 4:21 Ruth 4:22 )

for I have provided me a king among his sons;
but which he says not; this was reserved for an later discovery; however God had in his own mind picked him, whom he would hereafter make known; this was a king for himself, raised up to fulfil his will; Saul was chosen by him, but then it was at the request of the people, and so he was rather their king than his; but this was not at their desire, nor with their knowledge, but of his own good will and pleasure; the one was given in wrath, and the other in love; the one was to the rejection of God as King, the other to the rejection of Saul by the will of God.

1 Samuel 16:1 In-Context

1 Samuel unge a David como rey
Ahora bien, el Señor
le dijo a Samuel:
—Ya has hecho suficiente duelo por Saúl. Lo he rechazado como rey de Israel, así que llena tu frasco con aceite de oliva y ve a Belén. Busca a un hombre llamado Isaí que vive allí, porque he elegido a uno de sus hijos para que sea mi rey.

2 Pero Samuel le preguntó:
—¿Cómo puedo hacerlo? Si Saúl llega a enterarse, me matará.
—Lleva contigo una novilla —le contestó el Señor
— y di que has venido para ofrecer un sacrificio al Señor
.

3 Invita a Isaí al sacrificio, y te mostraré a cuál de sus hijos ungirás para mí.

4 Así que Samuel hizo como el Señor
le indicó. Cuando llegó a Belén, los ancianos del pueblo salieron a su encuentro temblando.
—¿Qué pasa? —le preguntaron—. ¿Vienes en son de paz?

5 —Sí —contestó Samuel—, vine para ofrecer un sacrificio al Señor
. Purifíquense y vengan conmigo al sacrificio.
Luego Samuel realizó el rito de purificación para Isaí y sus hijos y también los invitó al sacrificio.