What does 1 Samuel 16:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this."
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...
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 l...
_Samuel Anoints David._ 1 Samuel 16:7-13 7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for _the Lord seeth_ not as man see...
_BUT THE LORD SAID UNTO SAMUEL, LOOK NOT ON HIS COUNTENANCE, OR ON THE HEIGHT OF HIS STATURE; BECAUSE I HAVE REFUSED HIM: FOR THE LORD SEETH NOT AS MAN SEETH; FOR MAN LOOKETH ON THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE...
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 *Israe...
וַ יִּקְרָ֤א יִשַׁי֙ אֶל ־אֲבִ֣ינָדָ֔ב וַ יַּעֲבִרֵ֖הוּ לִ פְנֵ֣י שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל וַ יֹּ֕אמֶר גַּם ־בָּ...
CHAPTER XXII. _ DAVID ANOINTED BY SAMUEL._ 1 Samuel 16:1. THE rejection of Saul was laid very deeply to heart by Samuel. No doubt there many engaging qualities in the man Saul, which Samuel could no...
GOD'S CHOICE OF HIS ANOINTED 1 Samuel 16:1 The anointing of the young shepherd, with his ruddy cheeks and deep, poetic eyes, is a beautiful episode, in very marked contrast to the events preceding....
We now come to the third section of this Book, throughout which David is the principal figure. It would seem that Samuel had given himself over to the sadness occasioned by Saul's failure. Jehovah reb...
(8) Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. (9) Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this....
Now that we have heard the prophet's judgment of king Saul, there follows next the choice of Jehovah. The chapter gives us in a very striking manner the manifest sentence of death on all the thoughts...
In chapter 16 Samuel is sent of Jehovah to anoint this His chosen one. All glorying in the flesh and its birthright are here set aside; and the youngest, despised and forgotten of all, who kept the sh...
THEN JESSE CALLED ABINADAB,.... His second son, 1 Samuel 17:13 AND MADE HIM PASS BEFORE SAMUEL: that he might take a full view of him: AND HE SAID, NEITHER HATH THE LORD CHOSEN THIS; which he knew b...
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. Ver. 8. _Then Jesse._] Who was now made of the council....
_The Lord said unto Samuel_ By a secret inward suggestion. _Look not on his countenance_ All have not a noble spirit who have a noble aspect, as appeared by Saul; which should have prevented Samuel's...
1 Samuel sent by God, vnder pretence of a sacrifice, commeth to Bethlehem. 6 His humane iudgement is reprooued. 11 He anointeth Dauid. 15 Saul sendeth for Dauid to quiet his euill spirit. 1 AND th...
DAVID ANOINTED BY SAMUEL...
Samuel's mourning for Saul was deep and real; nevertheless it must not be too long protracted. The Lord stirs him up now to some positive action. God has chosen a king from among the sons of Jesse, a...
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 t...
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1 Samuel 16:8 Jesse H3448 called H7121 (H8799) Abinadab H41 pass H5674 (H8686) before H6440 Samuel H8050 said H559 (H8799) LORD H3068 chosen H977 (H8804) Abinadab - 1 Samuel 17:13; 1 Chronicles 2:13...
THE ANOINTING OF DAVID AS PROSPECTIVE KING OVER ISRAEL. THE SPIRIT OF YHWH COMES MIGHTILY ON HIM (1 SAMUEL 16:1). It is a sad reflection on what Saul's reign had become that the elders of Bethlehem w...
CONTENTS: Choice of David as king. His annointing and visit to Saul. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Samuel, David, Jesse, Saul, Eliab, Abinadab, Shammah. CONCLUSION: Whom God appoints, He annoints, a...
1 Samuel 16:7. _The Lord said to Samuel._ A cloud of proofs demonstrate, that the Eternal Word did personally accompany the holy prophets, and talk with them by voice in open vision. What nation had G...
_And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came to Bethlehem._ SAMUEL’S VISIT TO BETHLEHEM 1. How much history is entwined around one locality! The very name of a village recalls events most mome...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 16:1 The Story of Saul and David. Now that Saul has been completely rejected as king, David is introduced as his successor. God trains David, through suffering, to lead his p...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 16:7. “THE LORD SAID.” “In like manner the Lord in the days of His flesh read and answered men’s thoughts.” Compare Matthew 12:25; Luke 5:22, etc. _(Biblical C...
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 g...
So God said to Samuel, How long are you gonna mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being the king, or reigning over Israel? [This change of attitude, "I've rejected him, now how long are yo...
1 Chronicles 2:13; 1 Samuel 17:13...