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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

1 Samuel 16:11

Young son, ( parvulus,) "a little one;" (Haydock) or the youngest, who might be about 15, (Calmet) or 28. (Seder. olam. iii.) (Menochius)

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See also 1 Samuel 16:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WE WILL NOT SIT DOWN ... - . literally, we will not turn round to sit at the table....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _we will not sit down_ We will not _sit round_the table for the sacrificial feast....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID IS ANOINTED KING OVER ISRAEL From 1 Samuel 16 on, the interest centres in David rather than in Saul....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    WE WILL NOT SIT DOWN] probably to the feast which followed the sacrifice: cp. 1 Samuel 9....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֣ל אֶל ־יִשַׁי֮ הֲ תַ֣מּו

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    DAVID ANOINTED BY SAMUEL...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    DOWN: _ Heb._ round...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 16:11 Samuel H8050 said H559 (H8799) Jesse H3448 all H8552 (H8804) men H5288 said H559 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    DAVID ANOINTED AS THE FUTURE KING, AND HIS FIRST INTRODUCTION TO SAUL. (1 Samuel 16:1) EXPOSITION CHOICE OF DAVID AS

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 17:7; 1 Samuel 17:12; 1 Samuel 17:28; 2 Samuel 7:8;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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...

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