Quotes & Notes on:
1 Samuel 16:1
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John Wesley's Notes:
Mourn-And pray for his restitution, which the following words imply he
did. Oil-Which was used in the inauguration of kings. But here it is
used in the designation of a king; for David was not actually made king
by it, but still remained a subject. And the reason of this anticipation
was the comfort of Samuel, and other good men, against their fears in
case of Saul's death, and the assurance of David's title, which
otherwise would have been doubtful. I have provided-This phrase is very
emphatical, and implies the difference between this and the former king.
Saul was a king of the people's providing, he was the product of their
sinful desires: but this is a king of my own providing, to fulfil all my
will, and to serve my glory.
- Treasury of Scripture Knowledge:
1 Samuel sent by God, under pretence of a sacrifice, comes to Beth-lehem.
6 His human judgment is reproved.
11 He anoints David.
15 Saul sends for David to quiet his evil spirit.
* A.M. 2941. B.C. 1063. An. Ex. Is. 428. How long. 1Sa 15:11,35; Jer
7:16; 11:14
* seeing. 1Sa 16:15; 13:13; 15:23,26; Jer 6:30; 14:11; 15:1; 1Jo 5:16
* horn with oil. 1Sa 9:16; 10:1; 2Ki 9:1,3,6
* Jesse. 1Sa 13:14; Ge 49:8-10; Ru 4:18-22; 1Ch 2:10-15; Ps 78:68-71;
89:19,20 Isa 11:1; 55:4; Ac 13:21,22; Ro 15:12
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Adam Clarke's Commentary:
Fill thine horn with oil] Horns appear to have been the
ancient drinking vessels of all nations; and we may suppose that most
persons who had to travel much, always carried one with them, for the
purpose of taking up water from the fountains to quench their thirst.
Such a horn had Samuel; and on this occasion he was commanded to fill it
with oil, for the purpose of consecrating a king over Israel from among
the sons of Jesse.
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Family Bible Notes:
The Beth-lehemite; so called from his residing in Bethlehem.
No sorrows should ever lead us to murmur at the dealings of God, or to
neglect the duties to which he calls us.
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1599 Geneva Bible Notes:
Signifying that we should not show ourselves more pitiful
than God, nor to lament those whom he casts out.
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People's New Testament Commentary:
(No comment on this verse)
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Robertson's Word Pictures:
(No comment on this verse)
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Albert Barnes' Commentary:
(No comment on this verse)
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Jamieson-Faussett Brown:
Samuel's grief on account of Saul's rejection, accompanied, doubtless,
by earnest prayers for his restitution, showed the amiable feelings of
the man; but they were at variance with his public duty as a prophet.
The declared purpose of God to transfer the kingdom of Israel into other
hands than Saul's was not an angry menace, but a fixed and immutable
decree; so that Samuel ought to have sooner submitted to the peremptory
manifestation of the divine will. But to leave him no longer room to
doubt of its being unalterable, he was sent on a private mission to
anoint a successor to Saul (see on JFB for 1Sa 10:1). The immediate
designation of a king was of the greatest importance for the interests
of the nation in the event of Saul's death, which, to this time, was
dreaded; it would establish David's title and comfort the minds of
Samuel and other good men with a right settlement, whatever contingency
might happen.
I have provided me a king--The language is remarkable, and intimates a
difference between this and the former king. Saul was the people's
choice, the fruit of their wayward and sinful desires for their own
honor and aggrandizement. The next was to be a king who would consult
the divine glory, and selected from that tribe to which the pre-eminence
had been early promised (Ge 49:10).
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Spurgeon Devotional Commentary:
It was both natural and right that the prophet should lament Saul's
sin, but he must not repine at the Lord's punishment of him, but rather
bestir himself to be God's messenger to the better king who would one
day prove a great blessing to Israel. We must lament that any should so
sin as to incur God's anger, but at his judgments upon them we must not
rebel, for the Judge of all the earth must do right. When the wicked are
cast into hell, the saints in heaven do not murmur out of pity to the
offenders; but, in obedient sympathy with the most Holy God, they adore
with reverential awe.
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William Burkitt's Notes:
(No comment on this verse)
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary:
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 God's messengers,
and to tremble at his word. His answer was, I come peaceably, for I come
to sacrifice. When our Lord Jesus came into the world, though men had
reason to fear that his errand was to condemn the world, yet he gave
full assurance that he came peaceably, for he came to sacrifice, and he
brought his offering with him; A body hast thou prepared me. Let us
sanctify ourselves, and depend upon His sacrifice.
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The Fourfold Gospel:
(No comment on this verse)
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