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Verse 1 Samuel 16:2. _TAKE A HEIFER WITH THEE, AND SAY, I AM COME TO_
_SACRIFICE_] This was strictly _true_; Samuel _did offer a sacrifice_;
and it does not appear that he could have done the work wh...
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It was the purpose of God that David should be anointed at this time
as Saul’s successor, and as the ancestor and the type of His Christ.
It was not the purpose of God that Samuel should stir up a civ...
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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...
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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...
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WITH THEE. in thine hand....
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_Take an heifer with thee_, &c. For David's safety no less than his
own it was necessary that the purpose of Samuel's errand should not be
known. "Concealment of a good purpose for a good purpose is c...
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AND SAMUEL SAID, HOW CAN I GO, &C.— Though the principal design of
Samuel's journey to Bethlehem was, to anoint the son of Jesse; yet was
there no falsehood in saying, according to the instruction giv...
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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...
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_AND SAMUEL SAID, HOW CAN I GO? IF SAUL HEAR IT, HE WILL KILL ME. AND
THE LORD SAID, TAKE AN HEIFER WITH THEE, AND SAY, I AM COME TO
SACRIFICE TO THE LORD._
How can I go? This is another instance of...
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IF SAUL HEAR _it_] Saul's action, recorded in 1 Samuel 22:18, shows
that Samuel's fears were far from baseless. SAY, I AM COME TO
SACRIFICE] Samuel was not asked to prevaricate. God relieved him of
hi...
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DAVID IS ANOINTED KING OVER ISRAEL
From 1 Samuel 16 on, the interest centres in David rather than in
Saul....
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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...
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HE WILL KILL ME. — The unhappy mental malady of Saul must have made
rapid progress. The jealous king was indeed changed from the Saul who
even, in his self-willed rebellion against the Lord, was caref...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֵ֣יךְ אֵלֵ֔ךְ
וְ שָׁמ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear [it], he will kill me. And
the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come (b) to
sacrifice to the LORD.
(b) That is, to make a peace offering,...
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Of the herd. Hebrew, "a heifer in thy hand." (Haydock) --- Females
might be employed as peace-offerings, Leviticus iii. 1. --- Lord. This
was one, though not the principal reason. No one doubted but t...
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(2) And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me.
And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to
sacrifice to the LORD. (3) And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and...
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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...
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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...
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AND SAMUEL SAID, HOW CAN I GO?.... Which argues weakness of faith in
Samuel, and fear of man, and a diffidence in and distrust of divine
power; for otherwise he that sent him on such an errand could p...
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_And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear [it], he will kill me.
And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to
sacrifice to the LORD._
Ver. 2. _And Samuel said, How can I go?_...
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_How can I go?_ That is, with safety. _Say, I am come to sacrifice to
the Lord_ Which he, being a prophet, might do anywhere, all the ritual
laws being subject to the prophets. What the Lord commanded...
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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...
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DAVID ANOINTED BY SAMUEL...
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And Samuel said, How can I go? If Saul hear it, he will kill me, since
he would consider the act as treachery and revolt, believing himself
still to be the rightful king of Israel. AND THE LORD SAID,...
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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...
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WITH THEE:
_ Heb._ in thine hand...
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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...
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HOW CAN I GO, to wit, safely? a question which seems to savour of
human frailty; for he should have strongly believed that God, who had
set him upon the work, would carry him through it. I AM COME TO...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 16:2 AND SAY, “I HAVE COME TO SACRIFICE
TO THE LORD.” This was a true but incomplete statement of the
reasons Samuel came to Bethlehem (see v....
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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...
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DAVID ANOINTED AS THE FUTURE KING, AND HIS FIRST INTRODUCTION TO SAUL.
(1 Samuel 16:1)
EXPOSITION
CHOICE OF DAVID AS
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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...
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1 Kings 18:9; 1 Samuel 20:29; 1 Samuel 9:12; Exodus 3:11; Jeremiah