_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 BETHLEHEMITE: FOR I HAVE PROVIDED ME A KING AMONG HIS SONS._ How long wilt thou mourn, for Saul? Samuel's grief on... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAMUEL SAID, HOW CAN I GO? IF SAUL HEAR IT, HE WILL KILL ME. AND THE LORD SAID, TAKE AN HEIFER WITH THEE, AND SAY, I AM COME TO SACRIFICE TO THE LORD._ How can I go? This is another instance of human infirmity in Samuel. Since God had sent him on this mission, He would protect him in the execu... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND CALL JESSE TO THE SACRIFICE, AND I WILL SHEW THEE WHAT THOU SHALT DO: AND THOU SHALT ANOINT UNTO ME HIM WHOM I NAME UNTO THEE._ Call Jesse to the sacrifice - i:e., the social feast that followed the peace offering. Samuel, being the offerer, had a right to invite any guest he pleased.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAMUEL DID THAT WHICH THE LORD SPAKE, AND CAME TO BETHLEHEM. AND THE ELDERS OF THE TOWN TREMBLED AT HIS COMING, AND SAID, COMEST THOU PEACEABLY?_ The elders of the town trembled at his coming. Beth-lehem was an obscure town, and not within the usual circuit of the judge. The elders were natura... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID, PEACEABLY: I AM COME TO SACRIFICE UNTO THE LORD: SANCTIFY YOURSELVES, AND COME WITH ME TO THE SACRIFICE. AND HE SANCTIFIED JESSE AND HIS SONS, AND CALLED THEM TO THE SACRIFICE._ Sanctify yourselves - by the preparations described, Exodus 19:14. The elders were to sanctify themselves.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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... [ Continue Reading ]
_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, BUT THE LORD LOOKETH ON THE HEART._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAMUEL SAID UNTO JESSE, ARE HERE ALL THY CHILDREN? AND HE SAID, THERE REMAINETH YET THE YOUNGEST, AND, BEHOLD, HE KEEPETH THE SHEEP. AND SAMUEL SAID UNTO JESSE, SEND AND FETCH HIM: FOR WE WILL NOT SIT DOWN TILL HE COME HITHER._ The youngest ... he keepeth the sheep. Jesse, having evidently no... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SENT, AND BROUGHT HIM IN. NOW HE WAS RUDDY, AND WITHAL OF A BEAUTIFUL COUNTENANCE, AND GOODLY TO LOOK TO. AND THE LORD SAID, ARISE, ANOINT HIM: FOR THIS IS HE._ HE WAS RUDDY ..., х_ 'ADMOWNIY_ (H132), red, red or auburn haired (Genesis 25:25); Septuagint, purrakees; Vulgate, rufus. Josephus,... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAMUEL TOOK THE HORN OF OIL, AND ANOINTED HIM IN THE MIDST OF HIS BRETHREN: AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME UPON DAVID FROM THAT DAY FORWARD. SO SAMUEL ROSE UP, AND WENT TO RAMAH._ Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him. This transaction must have been strictly private, according... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD DEPARTED FROM SAUL, AND AN EVIL SPIRIT FROM THE LORD TROUBLED HIM._ An evil spirit from the Lord troubled him, х_ WªRUWACH_ (H7307) _ YAHWEH_ (H3068) _ CAARAAH_ (H5493), and a spirit of defection (apostasy) from the Lord]. There is no reason, from the phraseology of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAUL'S SERVANTS SAID UNTO HIM, BEHOLD NOW, AN EVIL SPIRIT FROM GOD TROUBLETH THEE._ Saul's servants said unto him. The Hebrew physicians knew of no remedy for a malady of the sort but music, which 'has charms to soothe the savage breast;' and accordingly they advised to obtain the services of... [ Continue Reading ]
_LET OUR LORD NOW COMMAND THY SERVANTS, WHICH ARE BEFORE THEE, TO SEEK OUT A MAN, WHO IS A CUNNING PLAYER ON AN HARP: AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, WHEN THE EVIL SPIRIT FROM GOD IS UPON THEE, THAT HE SHALL PLAY WITH HIS HAND, AND THOU SHALT BE WELL._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN ANSWERED ONE OF THE SERVANTS, AND SAID, BEHOLD, I HAVE SEEN A SON OF JESSE THE BETHLEHEMITE, THAT IS CUNNING IN PLAYING, AND A MIGHTY VALIANT MAN, AND A MAN OF WAR, AND PRUDENT IN MATTERS, AND A COMELY PERSON, AND THE LORD IS WITH HIM._ Then answered one of the servants. Jewish tradition poin... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEREFORE SAUL SENT MESSENGERS UNTO JESSE, AND SAID, SEND ME DAVID THY SON, WHICH IS WITH THE SHEEP._ Saul sent messengers unto Jesse ... Send me David. In the East the command of a king is imperative; and Jesse, however reluctant and alarmed, had no alternative but to comply.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JESSE TOOK AN ASS LADEN WITH BREAD, AND A BOTTLE OF WINE, AND A KID, AND SENT THEM BY DAVID HIS SON UNTO SAUL._ Jesse took an ass ... and sent them ... unto Saul - as a token of homage and respect. "An ass laden with." These two last words are supplemented by our translators. [The Hebrew text... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID CAME TO SAUL, AND STOOD BEFORE HIM: AND HE LOVED HIM GREATLY; AND HE BECAME HIS ARMOURBEARER._ David came to Saul. Providence thus prepared David for his destiny, by placing him in a way to become DAVID CAME TO SAUL. Providence thus prepared David for his destiny, by placing him in a way... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAUL SENT TO JESSE, SAYING, LET DAVID, I PRAY THEE, STAND BEFORE ME; FOR HE HATH FOUND FAVOUR IN MY SIGHT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE EVIL SPIRIT FROM GOD WAS UPON SAUL, THAT DAVID TOOK AN HARP, AND PLAYED WITH HIS HAND: SO SAUL WAS REFRESHED, AND WAS WELL, AND THE EVIL SPIRIT DEPARTED FROM HIM._ David took an harp, and played with his hand, х_ HAKINOWR_ (H3658), the kinnor] - not the large, heavy i... [ Continue Reading ]