1 Samuel 16
1 Samuel sent by God, under pretence of a sacrifice, comes to Beth-lehem.6 His human judgment is reproved.11 He anoints David.15 Saul sends for David to quiet his evil spirit. A.M. 2941. B.C. 1063. An. Ex. Is. 428. How long.15:11,35; Jer 7:16; 11:14seeing.15,23; 13:13,14; 15:23,26; Jer 6:30; 14:11,12; 15:1; 1Jo 5:16horn with oil.9:16; 10:1; 2Ki 9:1,3,6Jesse.13:14; Ge 49:8-10; Ru 4:18-22; 1Ch 2:10-15; Ps 78:68-71; 89:19,20Isa 11:1,10; 55:4; Ac 13:21,22; Ro 15:12 How can I go.Ex 3:11; 1Ki 18:9-14; Mt 10:16; Lu 1:34Take an heifer.For the prudent management of the affair, and to avoid suspicion, Samuel was directed to go to Bethlehem to sacrifice, as he probably did from time to time in many different places; and the answer which he was instructed to return was strictly true though he did not tell the principal design of his coming; for though no man in any circumstances should tell a lie, yet, in all circumstances, he is not bound to tell the whole truth, though he must tell nothing but the truth, and so tell that truth that the hearer shall not believe a lie by it. with thee. Heb. in thine hand.9:12I am come.9:12; 20:29; Jer 38:26,27 call Jesse.9:12,13; 2Sa 15:11; Mt 22:1-4and I will shew.Ex 4:15; Ac 9:6anoint.12,13; 9:16; De 17:14 trembled.21:1; 2Sa 6:9; 1Ki 17:18; Ho 6:5; 11:10; Lu 5:8; 8:37coming. Heb. meeting. Comest.1Ki 2:13; 2Ki 9:22; 1Ch 12:17,18 sanctify yourselves.Ex 19:10,14,15; Le 20:7,8; Nu 11:8; Jos 3:5; 7:13; 2Ch 30:17-20Job 1:5; Ps 26:2-6; Joe 2:16; 1Co 11:28 Eliab.17:13,22; 1Ch 2:13; 27:18Elihu. Surely.Jud 8:18; 1Ki 12:26 Look not.9:2; 10:23,24; 2Sa 14:25; Ps 147:10,11; Pr 31:30seeth not.Job 10:4; Isa 55:8,9; Lu 16:15; 1Pe 2:4; 3:4looketh.Joh 7:24; 2Co 10:7,10outward appearance. Heb. eyes. on the heart.1Ki 8:39; 1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 16:9; Ps 7:9; 139:2; Pr 15:11; 16:2Jer 11:20; 17:10; 20:12; Ac 1:24; Heb 4:13; Re 2:23 Abinadab.17:13; 1Ch 2:13 Shammah.17:13; 2Sa 13:3Shimeah.1Ch 2:13Shimma. seven.1Ch 2:13-15 There remaineth.17:12-15,28; 2Sa 7:8; 1Ch 17:7; Ps 78:70,71down. Heb. round. ruddy.17:42; So 5:10; La 4:7; Ac 7:20; Heb 11:23of a beautiful countenance. Heb. fair of eyes.7And the Lord.9:17anoint him.Ps 2:2,6; 89:19,20; Ac 4:27 anointed.10:1; 2Ki 9:6the Spirit.18; 10:6,9,10; Nu 11:17; 27:18; Jud 3:10; 11:29; 13:25; 14:6Isa 11:1-3; Joh 3:34; Heb 1:9 the Spirit.11:6; 18:12; 28:15; Jud 16:29; Ps 51:11; Ho 9:12evil spirit.The evil spirit was either sent immediately from the Lord, or permitted to come; but whether this was a diabolic possession, or a mere mental malady, is not agreed: it seems to have partaken of both. That Saul had fallen into a deep melancholy, there is little doubt; and that an evil spirit might work more effectually on such a state of mind, there can be little question. His malady appears to have been of a mixed kind, natural and diabolical: there is too much of apparent nature in it to permit us to believe it was all spiritual; and there is too much of apparently supernatural influence, to suffer us to believe it was all natural. 18:10; 19:9,10; Jud 9:23; 1Ki 22:22; Ac 19:15,16troubled. or, terrified. 15 before thee.21,22; Ge 41:46; 1Ki 10:8play.23; 10:5; 2Ki 3:15 17 a mighty.17:32-36; 2Sa 17:8,10and prudent.2Sa 14:20matters. or, speech. a comely.12the Lord.3:19; 10:7; 18:12-14; Ge 39:2,23; Mt 1:23; 28:20 with the sheep.11; 17:15,33,34; Ex 3:1-10; 1Ki 19:19; Ps 78:70-72; 113:8Am 1:1; 7:14,15; Mt 4:18-22 an ass laden.{Chamor lechem,} literally, "an ass of bread," rendered by the LXX. [gomor arton,] a {gomor} of bread; meaning, probably, not an animal, but a vessel containing a certain measure of bread. 10:27; 17:18; 25:18; Ge 43:11; 2Sa 16:1,2; Pr 18:16 stood before him.Ge 41:46; De 1:38; 10:8; 1Ki 10:8; Pr 22:29loved him.Ps 62:9; 118:9; 146:3 22 the evil spirit.14,16Saul.18:10,11; Mt 12:43-45; Lu 11:24-26
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