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Verse 1 Samuel 16:4. _THE ELDERS OF THE TOWN TREMBLED AT HIS COMING_]
They knew he was a prophet of the Lord, and they were afraid that he
was now come to denounce some judgments of the Most High agai...
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TREMBLED - There was evidently something unusual in Samuel’s coming
to Bethlehem; and the elders, knowing that Samuel was no longer at
friendship with Saul, foreboded some evil....
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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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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 _S...
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_Beth-lehem_ Beth-lehem ("house of bread") was the later name of the
ancient town of _Ephrath_(Genesis 48:7). It was situated about five
miles south of Jerusalem, a short distance east of the road fro...
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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 DID THAT WHICH THE LORD SPAKE, AND CAME TO BETHLEHEM. AND
THE ELDERS OF THE TOWN TREMBLED AT HIS COMING, AND SAID, COMEST THOU
PEACEABLY?_
The elders of the town trembled at his coming. B...
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16:4 him, (a-21) Or 'trembled at his coming.'...
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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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TREMBLED AT HIS COMING. — The appearance of the aged seer, with the
heifer and the long horn of holy oil, at first terrified the villagers
of the quiet, secluded Bethlehem. The name and appearance of...
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וַ יַּ֣עַשׂ שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל אֵ֚ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר
דִּבֶּ֣ר...
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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 did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And
the elders of the town (c) trembled at his coming, and said, Comest
thou peaceably?
(c) Afraid, lest some grievous crime had been...
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_Wondered. Hebrew, "trembled," being full of consternation, (Haydock)
as the prophet did not now stir much from home; and fearing lest he
had some bad news to impart, or had incurred the king's disple...
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(4) And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem.
And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest
thou peaceably? (5) And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrif...
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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 DID THAT WHICH THE LORD SPAKE,.... He filled a horn of oil,
and took an heifer with him:
AND CAME TO BETHLEHEM; where Jesse and his family lived, which,
according to Bunting y, was sixteen...
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And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And
the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou
peaceably?
Ver. 4. _And the elders of the town trembled at hi...
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_Call Jesse to the sacrifice_ To the feast upon the sacrifice, to
which they might invite their neighbours and friends. _The elders
trembled at his coming_ Because it was strange and unexpected to the...
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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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And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came to Bethlehem. And
the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou
peaceably? Samuel had evidently held visitations from time to...
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DAVID ANOINTED BY SAMUEL...
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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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COMING:
_ Heb._ meeting...
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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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THE ELDERS OF THE TOWN TREMBLED AT HIS COMING; partly because it was
strange and unexpected to them, this being but an obscure town, MICAH
5:2, and remote from Samuel, and therefore they justly though...
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1 Samuel 16:4 Samuel H8050 did H6213 (H8799) LORD H3068 said H1696
(H8765) went H935 (H8799) Bethlehem...
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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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_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...
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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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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 Chronicles 12:17; 1 Chronicles 12:18; 1 Kings 17:18; 1 Kings 2:13;...
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Trembled — Because it was strange and unexpected to them, this being
but an obscure town, and remote from Samuel, and therefore they justly
thought there was some extraordinary reason for it. Peaceabl...