THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. I HAVE REJECTED. Note here Jehovah's sovereignty. I HAVE PROVIDED. Note Jehovah's sovereignty in this choice of' the youngest. It is _this choice_ that makes David the "man after Jehovah's heart"; not David's personal character or conduct.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH THEE. in thine hand.... [ Continue Reading ]
BETH-LEHEM. house of bread. SAID. Hebrew text reads verb in singular, requiring "he, or one, said". In this case it is the Figure of speech _Heterosis_ (of Number), App-6. But several codices, the _Sevir_ (App-34), Targum, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, and the two earliest printed editions, read "th... [ Continue Reading ]
JESSE AND HIS SONS. He had eight sons and two daughters, Zeruiah (mother of Abishai, Joab, and Asahel) and Abigail (mother of Amasa). David is the eighth here _(verses:_ 10, 11), but called the seventh in 1 Chronicles 2:15. One son must have died shortly after this, or been the son of. concubine, or... [ Continue Reading ]
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 7:8; Jeremiah 11:20; Jeremiah 17:10; Jeremiah 20:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. and. SHAMMAH. Probably. Shimeah. 2 Samuel 13:3; 2 Samuel 21:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAIN. So. SEVEN. See note on 1 Samuel 16:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 on 1 Samuel 16:5. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. HE KEEPETH. Saul lost his father'... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WITHAL OF. BEAUTIFUL, &c.. a stripling (1 Samuel 17:56), with handsome eyes. GOODLY TO LOOK TO. with, or of, noble mien.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANOINTED HIM. Three anointings of David: (1) by Samuel, here; (2) by "men of Judah" (2 Samuel 2:4); and (3) by "the elders of Israel "(2 Samuel 5:3). THE SPIRIT. Hebrew. _= ruach._ App-9. DAVID. beloved.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT. This marks and introduces the later episode, placed here in order to bring out and connect the contrast of the Spirit's departing from Saul and coming on David. See notes on 17. and 1 Samuel 18:12. EVIL: always. Hebrew. _ra'a'_ (App-44.), in this connection. SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. T... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_ (App-4). Saul's servants not in communion with Jehovah, the Covenant God. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. CUNNING. skilful. HARP _= kinnor._ An instrument of many strings.... [ Continue Reading ]
SERVANTS. Not the same word as in verses: 1 Samuel 16:15, but "young men "as in 1 Samuel 14:1. Perhaps Saul's body-guard; possibly fellow-pupils of Samuel at Naioth. AND. Note Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) in these verses. MATTERS. speech.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOTTLE. skin-bottle. OF. Genitive of contents. App-17. WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ See App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE. Saul. HIM. David.... [ Continue Reading ]