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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 16:7,8

The Lord said unto Samuel By a secret inward suggestion. Look not on his countenance All have not a noble spirit who have a noble aspect, as appeared by Saul; which should have prevented Samuel's concluding so hastily from Eliab's appearance that he was the person whom God had chosen. Neither hath the Lord chosen this God suggested to him, as he did concerning the former that this was not the man of his choice.

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See also 1 Samuel 16:7,8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 16:7. _MAN LOOKETH ON THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE_] And it is well he _should_, and confine his looks to _that_; for when he pretends to sound the _heart_, he usurps the prerogative of God....

  • 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

    THE LORD SEETH. These words correctly supply _the Ellipsis_ (App-6.), from the Septuagint MAN _= 'adam._ App-14. SEETH. looketh to. LOOKETH ON. looketh to. HEART. Compare 1 Chronicles 28:9; Psalms...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _for_[_the Lord seeth not as man seeth_ The words in brackets are rightly supplied in the Sept. For the thought see 1 Chronicles 28:9; Luke 16:15; Acts 1:24, &c. God first gave the people a king of st...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 300 GOD INSPECTS THE HEART 1 Samuel 16:7. _The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart._ WHAT a solemn and awful declarati...

  • 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

    _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 SEETH; FOR MAN LOOKETH ON THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    16:7 countenance, (b-10) Or 'aspect.' appearance, (c-36) Lit. 'the eyes.' see Exodus 10:5 ; Numbers 11:7 ....

  • 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....

  • 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 יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל ־שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל אַל ־תַּב

  • 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

    _Rejected, or not chosen. (Menochius) --- God had positively rejected this eldest son, as his pride seems to have been the greatest, chap. xvii. 28. (Haydock) --- Heart. This is one of God's perfectio...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (6) В¶ And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him. (7) But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the...

  • 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

    BUT THE LORD SAID TO SAMUEL,.... By a secret impulse upon his mind, as if he had spoken with an articulate voice to him: LOOK NOT ON HIS COUNTENANCE; which was comely and majestic: OR ON THE HEIGHT...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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 seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearanc...

  • 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

    But the Lord said unto Samuel, giving an answer to his spirit, LOOK NOT ON HIS COUNTENANCE OR ON THE HEIGHT OF HIS STATURE, on the fact that he was a handsome, stalwart young man; BECAUSE I HAVE REFUS...

  • 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)

    OUTWARD APPEARANCE: _ Heb._ 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

    THE LORD spake by secret inspiration. THE HEIGHT OF HIS STATURE; whereby thou wast once deceived in Saul, 1 SAMUEL 10:23,24, and therefore shouldst not now be deceived a second time. MAN LOOKETH ON TH...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 16:7 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Samuel H8050 look H5027 (H8686) appearance H4758 height H1364 stature...

  • 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...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    1 Samuel 16:7 I. God's knowledge of human nature, according to the passage before us, is immediate and direct. II. Being immediate and direct, God's knowledge of man is perfect. III. Because God's...

  • 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

    _Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature._ GOD’S ESTIMATE OF HUMAN AVAILABILITY This enunciation of one fixed principle in the Divine government is of immense value as having a...

  • 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

    INQUIRE WITHIN Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7. Supposing somebody came to this town today and announced that they had been sent to elect, fr...

  • 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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 16:7 MAN LOOKS ON THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE, BUT THE LORD LOOKS ON THE HEART. The “heart” in Scripture refers to a person’s inward moral and spiritual life, including the emotio...

  • 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 28:9; 1 Kings 8:39; 1 Peter 2:4; 1 Peter 3:4; 1 Samuel

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