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1 Samuel 16:12

ruddy The word denotes the red hair and fair skin which are regarded as a mark of beauty in southern countries, where the hair and complexion are generally dark.

of a beautiful countenance, &c. Lit. "beautiful-eyed and goodly in appearance." Compare the description of Joseph (Genesis 39:6), and Moses (Exodus 2:2; Acts 7:20, where compare the Gk. ἀστεῖος τῷ Θεῷ with the Sept. here, ἀγαθὸς ὁράσει Κυρίῳ).

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See also 1 Samuel 16:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 16:12. _HE WAS RUDDY_] I believe the word here means _red-haired_, he had _golden locks_. Hair of this kind is ever associated with a delicate skin and florid complexion....

  • 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

    AND WITHAL OF. BEAUTIFUL, &c.. a stripling (1 Samuel 17:56), with handsome eyes. GOODLY TO LOOK TO. with, or of, noble mien....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    NOW HE WAS RUDDY, AND WITHAL, &C.— _His hair was yellow, his face beautiful, and his form elegant._ Houb....

  • 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 HE SENT, AND BROUGHT HIM IN. NOW HE WAS RUDDY, AND WITHAL OF A BEAUTIFUL COUNTENANCE, AND GOODLY TO LOOK TO. AND THE LORD SAID, ARISE, ANOINT HIM: FOR THIS IS HE._ HE WAS RUDDY ..., х_ 'ADMOWNIY_...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    16:12 countenance (d-17) Lit. 'beautiful-eyed.'...

  • 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

    RUDDY] This colouring is much admired in the East where most are dark-skinned. OF A BEAUTIFUL COUNTENANCE] lit. 'fair of eyes.' In those hot countries bordering on the desert, multitudes are disfigure...

  • 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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּשְׁלַ֤ח וַ יְבִיאֵ֨הוּ֙ וְ ה֣וּא אַדְמֹ

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Ruddy, like the spouse, Canticle of Canticles v. 10. Some explain it of his hair. So Alexander [the Great] is said to have had reddish or golden locks. --- Behold. Hebrew, "with the beauty of the eye...

  • 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...

  • 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 HE SENT AND BROUGHT HIM IN,.... Sent messengers into the field and to the flock for him, and being come home Jesse introduced him into the room where Samuel was: NOW HE WAS RUDDY; which some unde...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he sent, and brought him in. Now he [was] ruddy, [and] withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this [is] he. Ver. 12. _Now he was ruddy...

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

    _The Lord said_, &c. Spoke secretly by his Spirit to Samuel's heart; for it is not probable that any audible voice was uttered. _Samuel anointed him in the midst of his brethren_ This is a perfectly l...

  • 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 he sent and brought him in. Now, he was ruddy, said of the red color of his hair, which is unusual in the Orient, AND WITHAL OF A BEAUTIFUL COUNTENANCE, with bright eyes and a clear look, AND GOOD...

  • 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)

    OF A BEAUTIFUL COUNTENANCE: fair of eyes...

  • 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 WAS RUDDY; which may be referred either to the colour of his hair; or rather, to the complexion of his face. GOODLY TO LOOK TO; of a comely but masculine and majestic aspect....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 16:12 sent H7971 (H8799) in H935 (H8686) ruddy H132 with H5973 bright H3303 eyes H5869 good-looking...

  • 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

    _Arise, anoint him, for this is he._ THE ANOINTED SHEPHERD Not a few of the most impressive characters of Scriptures come before us its adult strength. Abraham, Elijah, the apostles, lived an unrecor...

  • 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 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 Samuel 16:7; 1 Samuel 17:42; 1 Samuel 9:17; Acts 4:27; Acts 7:20;...

  • 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...

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