1Sa 16:7, Luk 14:11 | JFB | STEP | 6-10. Samuel 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 ( ). . HE ANOINTS DAVID.

1 Samuel 16:7

6-10. Samuel 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 (1Sa 10:24).

1Sa 16:11-14. HE ANOINTS DAVID.

Luke 14:11

11. whosoever, &c.—couching them in a chaste simplicity and proverbial terseness of style which makes them "apples of gold in a setting of silver." (See on Lu 18:14).