Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
1 Samuel 16:5
Sanctify yourselves] This was done by washing themselves and removing all ceremonial defilement. He sanctified Jesse and his sons] This gave Samuel an opportunity for private conversation.
Sanctify yourselves] This was done by washing themselves and removing all ceremonial defilement. He sanctified Jesse and his sons] This gave Samuel an opportunity for private conversation.
Verse 1 Samuel 16:5. _SANCTIFY YOURSELVES_] Change your clothes, and wash your bodies in pure water, and prepare your minds by meditation, reflection, and prayer; that, being in the spirit of sacrific...
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...
JESSE AND HIS SONS. He had eight sons and two daughters, Zeruiah (mother of Abishai, Joab, and Asahel) and Abigail (mother of Amasa). David is the eighth here _(verses:_ 10, 11), but called the sevent...
_sanctify yourselves_ By the usual ceremonial purifications, such as washing the body and clothes, the outward symbols of spiritual preparation. See Genesis 35:2; Exodus 19:10 ff. The Sept. adds, "and...
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 reign...
_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._ Sanctif...
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...
PEACEABLY: I AM COME TO SACRIFICE. — The answer at once re-assured the villagers. He had simply come to perform the usual rite of sacrifice among them. The reasons of his coming were unknown, but his...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ שָׁלֹ֗ום לִ זְבֹּ֤חַ לַֽ יהוָה֙
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...
Sanctified, prepared by aspersions, washing, and continence, Exodus xix 14. What sorts of uncleanness excluded from the feast, are specified, Leviticus xxii. (Menochius) --- Samuel arrived in the even...
(4) 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? (5) And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrif...
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...
AND HE SAID, PEACEABLY I AM COME TO SACRIFICE UNTO THE LORD,.... Which he could say with truth, it being one end of his coming, though not the only one for which he came, and which he was not obliged...
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. Ver. 5. _...
_I am come to sacrifice unto the Lord_ That was one intention of his coming; and though there was another, namely, to anoint one of Jesse's sons to be king, he was not bound to declare it. For where t...
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...
And he said, Peaceably, he had no special occasion to rebuke them; I AM COME TO SACRIFICE UNTO THE LORD; SANCTIFY YOURSELVES, AND COME WITH ME TO THE SACRIFICE, the celebration being intended to stren...
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...
1-5 It appears that Saul was grown very wicked. Of what would he not be guilty, who durst think to kill Samuel? The elders of Bethlehem trembled at Samuel's coming. It becomes us to stand in awe of G...
SANCTIFY YOURSELVES; prepare yourselves in the manner expressed, EXODUS 19:14,15. TO THE SACRIFICE, Heb. _in the sacrifice_, i.e. join with me in this act of worshipping God, and offering this sacrifi...
1 Samuel 16:5 said H559 (H8799) Peaceably H7965 come H935 (H8804) sacrifice H2076 (H8800) LORD H3068 Sanctify...
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...
_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...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 16:5 CONSECRATE YOURSELVES. They would probably wash themselves and perhaps also wash their clothes (Exodus 19:10;...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 16:1. “HOW LONG WILT THOU MOURN,” etc. “These words show that the prophet had not yet been able to reconcile himself to the hidden ways of the Lord; that he was...
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 Corinthians 11:28; 2 Chronicles 30:17; Exodus 19:10; Exodus 19:14;...
He sanctified — It seems evident that there was something peculiar in Jesse's invitation. For first, both he and his sons were invited, whereas the others were only invited for their own persons. Seco...