1 Samuel 16:6

_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THEY WERE COME, THAT HE LOOKED ON ELIAB, AND SAID, SURELY THE LORD'S ANOINTED IS BEFORE HIM._ He looked on Eliab, х_ 'ELIY'AAB_ (H446), to whom God is father] - or Elihu (1 Chronicles 27:18). AND SAID, SURELY THE LORD'S ANOINTED IS BEFORE HIM. Here Samuel, in consequence of taking his impressions from the external appearance, falls into the same error as formerly (1 Samuel 10:24)....

6-13 It was strange that Samuel, who had been so disappointed in Saul, whose countenance and stature recommended him, should judge of another man by that rule. We can tell how men look, but God can tell what they are. He judges of men by the heart. We often form a mistaken judgment of characters; but the Lord values only the faith, fear, and love, which are planted in the heart, beyond human discernment. And God does not favour our children according to our fond partiality, but often most honours and blesses those who have been least regarded. David at length was pitched upon. He was the youngest of the sons of Jesse; his name signifies Beloved; he was a type of God's beloved Son. It should seem, David was least set by of all the sons of Jesse. But the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. His anointing was not an empty ceremony, a Divine power went with that institu...

DAVID ANOINTED AS THE FUTURE KING, AND HIS FIRST INTRODUCTION TO SAUL. (1 Samuel 16:1) EXPOSITION CHOICE OF DAVID AS SUCCESSOR TO SAUL (1 Samuel 16:1). 1 SAMUEL 16:1 HOW LONG WRIT THOU MOURN? The grief of Samuel was prolonged almost to a sinful extent, nor can we wonder at it. We who see Saul's whole career, and know how deeply he fell

AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THEY WERE COME,.... Jesse and his sons, into the house where the entertainment was; and perhaps before they sat down, went into a private apartment by the direction of Samuel, where he acquainted Jesse with the business he came upon: THAT HE LOOKED ON ELIAB; who was Jesse's firstborn, 1 Chronicles 2:13, called Elihu, 1 Chronicles 27:18 AND SAID, SURELY THE LORD'S ANOINTED IS BEFORE HIM; or this is the person it is his pleasure should be anointed king....

III. DAVID, THE KING AFTER GOD'S HEART--HIS EXILE AND SUFFERING 1. David Anointed King and the Departure of the Spirit from Saul CHAPTER 16 _ 1. David anointed king (1 Samuel 16:1)_ 2. The Spirit departs from Saul and David with Saul (1 Samuel 16:14) The king after the people's heart has failed and is set aside, and now Jehovah brings forth His king after His own heart. That king like Jonathan, a man of faith, is devoted to Jehovah and in perfect subjection unto Him. Furthermore, from the tribe of Judah (Judah means “praise”) he is a worshipper through whom the Spirit of God pours forth the sweetest strains of praise and worship. He prospers into a great kingdom and Jehovah makes an oathbound covenant with him ...

SAMUEL ANOINTS DAVID (E 2) or (R). A better division would be in the middle of 1 Samuel 15:35, so as to begin the new section with And Yahweh repented. etc. Many authorities regard this section as a late, possibly post-exilic, addition; but it seems the natural sequel to the preceding chapter, and may probably be referred to the same document. By the direction of Yahweh Samuel goes to Bethlehem, ostensibly to sacrifice, but really to anoint a son of Jesse to the kingship. He sanctified Jesse and his sons, _i.e._ he made them perform certain ritual acts, such as washings. At the sacrifice, seven sons of Jesse passed before Samuel, but Yahweh gave no sign, then David was sent for, and came, and he was ruddy [or perhaps, red-haired], a youth with beautiful eyes and comely, as we should probably read and translate. At the bidding of Yahweh, Samuel anointed him, and the Spirit of Ya

_and said_ Said _to himself_: thought. "Eliab by his height and his countenance seemed the natural counterpart of Saul, whose successor the Prophet came to select. But the day was gone when kings were chosen because they were head and shoulders taller than the rest." Stanley's _Lect_. II. 40. Eliab is probably the same as "Elihu one of the brethren of David" whom David appointed "ruler of the tribe of Judah" (1 Chronicles 27:18)....

David chosen as Saul's Successor, 1 Samuel 16:1-18. _Samuel Goes to Bethlehem. 1 Samuel 16:1-6_ And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. 2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear _it,_ he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take a heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord. 3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me _him_ whom I name unto thee. 4 And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comes

DAVID IS ANOINTED KING OVER ISRAEL From 1 Samuel 16 on, the interest centres in David rather than in Saul....

ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 16 SAMUEL *ANOINTS DAVID V1 The *Lord said to Samuel, ‘You should not continue to be sad about Saul. I do not accept him as the king of *Israel now. Fill your jar with oil and go. I am sending you to a man whose name is Jesse. He lives in the town of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king’. V2 But Samuel said, ‘If I go, Saul will hear about it. He will kill me’. The *Lord said, ‘Take a young cow with you. Tell the people that you have come to give a *sacrifice to the *Lord. V3 Invite Jesse to the *sacrifice. I will tell you what