Are here all thy children? Hebrew "Have the young men finished [passing by)? "This correctly supplies the Figure of speech Ellipsis. App-6. Hebrew. na. ar =
young men. youngest. least. See note on 1 Samuel 16:5.
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
he keepeth. Saul lost his father's asses (1 Samuel 9:3; 1 Samuel 9:4; 1 Samuel 9:20). down round.
WE WILL NOT SIT DOWN ... - . literally, we will not turn round to sit at the table....
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...
_we will not sit down_ We will not _sit round_the table for the sacrificial feast....
_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...
_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 NO...
DAVID IS ANOINTED KING OVER ISRAEL From 1 Samuel 16 on, the interest centres in David rather than in Saul....
WE WILL NOT SIT DOWN] probably to the feast which followed the sacrifice: cp. 1 Samuel 9....
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 *Isra...
ARE HERE ALL THY CHILDREN? — For a moment the prophet is uncertain. The command from the Eternal Friend to come and anoint “the son of Jesse of Bethlehem” had been definite, but the sons of Jesse had...
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֣ל אֶל ־יִשַׁי֮ הֲ תַ֣מּו
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. H...
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...
_Young son, ( parvulus,) "a little one;" (Haydock) or the youngest, who might be about 15, (Calmet) or 28. (Seder. olam. iii.) (Menochius)_...
(11) 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 wil...
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...
_ISRAEL’S SECOND KING_ ‘Send and fetch him.’ 1 Samuel 16:11 David displays in his personal character that very temper of mind in which his nation, or rather human nature itself, is especially defic...
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...
AND SAMUEL SAID UNTO JESSE, ARE HERE ALL THY CHILDREN?.... For neither of these being the person God would have anointed king, and yet it was one of Jesse's sons that was to be anointed, he concluded...
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 n...
_Behold, he keepeth sheep_ And consequently is the most unfit of all my sons for that high employment. Either, therefore, he did not understand David's wisdom and valour, or he judged him unfit, by re...
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...
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. As the youngest he had to stand back and take charge of the cho...
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...
DOWN: _ Heb._ round...
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...
HE KEEPETH THE SHEEP; and consequently is the most unfit of all my sons for that high employment. Either therefore he did not thoroughly understand David's great wisdom and valour, or he judgeth him u...
1 Samuel 16:11 Samuel H8050 said H559 (H8799) Jesse H3448 all H8552 (H8804) men H5288 said H559 ...
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 we...
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...
_Send and fetch him, for we will not sit down till he come hither._ TAKEN FROM THE SHEEPCOTES The story of David opens with a dramatic contrast between the fresh hope of his young life and the reject...
_Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel._ HOW GOD’S ELECTION WORKS Our subject is the choosing of a king from among the sons of Jesse the Bethlehemite. This narrative shows how the choosi...
_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...
ONLY A SHEPHERD BOY Behold, he keepeth the sheep. 1 Samuel 16:11. That was all they could say about David. He was just the shepherd boy, and not worth the trouble of calling, and yet it was the she...
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 Co...
DAVID ANOINTED AS THE FUTURE KING, AND HIS FIRST INTRODUCTION TO SAUL. (1 Samuel 16:1) EXPOSITION CHOICE OF DAVID AS
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 17:7; 1 Samuel 17:12; 1 Samuel 17:28; 2 Samuel 7:8;...
DAVID, THE SWEET PSALMIST OF ISRAEL 1 Samuel 16:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. David the shepherd lad. When Samuel came to Jesse, all of his sons were brought before him, excepting David. The eldest, Eli...
Keepeth sheep — And consequently is the most unfit of all my sons for that high employment. Either therefore he did not understand David's wisdom and valour, or he judged him unfit, by reason of his m...