Chapter 16

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am 2941, bc 1063, An, Ex, Is, 428

How long 1Sam 15:11, 1Sam 15:35; Jer 7:16, Jer 11:14

seeing 1Sam 16:15, 1Sam 16:23, 1Sam 13:13-14, 1Sam 15:23, 1Sam 15:26; Jer 6:30, Jer 14:11-12, Jer 15:1; 1John 5:16

horn with oil 1Sam 9:16, 1Sam 10:1; 2Kgs 9:1, 2Kgs 9:3, 2Kgs 9:6

Jesse 1Sam 13:14; Gen 49:8-10; Ruth 4:18-22; 1Chr 2:10-15; Ps 78:68-71, Ps 89:19-20; Isa 11:1, Isa 11:10, Isa 55:4; Acts 13:21-22; Rom 15:12


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How can I go Exod 3:11; 1Kgs 18:9-14; Matt 10:16; Luke 1:34

Take an heifer For the prudent management of the affair, and to avoid suspicion, Samuel was directed to go to Bethlehem to sacrifice, as he probably did from time to time in many different places; and the answer which he was instructed to return was strictly true though he did not tell the principal design of his coming; for though no man in any circumstances should tell a lie, yet, in all circumstances, he is not bound to tell the whole truth, though he must tell nothing but the truth, and so tell that truth that the hearer shall not believe a lie by it.

with thee Heb. in thine hand, 1Sam 9:12

I am come 1Sam 9:12, 1Sam 20:29; Jer 38:26-27


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call Jesse 1Sam 9:12-13; 2Sam 15:11; Matt 22:1-4

and I will show Exod 4:15; Acts 9:6

anoint 1Sam 16:12-13, 1Sam 9:16; Deut 17:14


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trembled 1Sam 21:1; 2Sam 6:9; 1Kgs 17:18; Hos 6:5, Hos 11:10; Luke 5:8, Luke 8:37

coming Heb. meeting

Comest 1Kgs 2:13; 2Kgs 9:22; 1Chr 12:17-18


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sanctify yourselves Exod 19:10, Exod 19:14-15; Lev 20:7-8; Num 11:8; Josh 3:5, Josh 7:13; 2Chr 30:17-20; Job 1:5; Ps 26:2-6; Joel 2:16; 1Cor 11:28


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Eliab 1Sam 17:13, 1Sam 17:22; 1Chr 2:13, 1Chr 27:18, Elihu

Surely Judg 8:18; 1Kgs 12:26


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Look not 1Sam 9:2, 1Sam 10:23-24; 2Sam 14:25; Ps 147:10-11; Prov 31:30

seeth not Job 10:4; Isa 55:8-9; Luke 16:15; 1Pet 2:4, 1Pet 3:4

looketh John 7:24; 2Cor 10:7, 2Cor 10:10

outward appearance Heb. eyes

on the heart 1Kgs 8:39; 1Chr 28:9; 2Chr 16:9; Ps 7:9, Ps 139:2; Prov 15:11, Prov 16:2; Jer 11:20, Jer 17:10, Jer 20:12; Acts 1:24; Heb 4:13; Rev 2:23


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Abinadab 1Sam 17:13; 1Chr 2:13


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Shammah 1Sam 17:13; 2Sam 13:3, Shimeah, 1Chr 2:13, Shimma


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seven 1Chr 2:13-15


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There remaineth 1Sam 17:12-15, 1Sam 17:28; 2Sam 7:8; 1Chr 17:7; Ps 78:70-71

down Heb. round


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ruddy 1Sam 17:42; Song 5:10; Lam 4:7; Acts 7:20; Heb 11:23

of a beautiful countenance Heb. fair of eyes, 1Sam 16:7

And the Lord 1Sam 9:17

anoint him Ps 2:2, Ps 2:6, Ps 89:19-20; Acts 4:27


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anointed 1Sam 10:1; 2Kgs 9:6

the Spirit 1Sam 16:18, 1Sam 10:6, 1Sam 10:9-10; Num 11:17, Num 27:18; Judg 3:10, Judg 11:29, Judg 13:25, Judg 14:6; Isa 11:1-3; John 3:34; Heb 1:9


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the Spirit 1Sam 11:6, 1Sam 18:12, 1Sam 28:15; Judg 16:29; Ps 51:11; Hos 9:12

evil spirit The evil spirit was either sent immediately from the Lord, or permitted to come; but whether this was a diabolic possession, or a mere mental malady, is not agreed. It seems to have partaken of both. That Saul had fallen into a deep melancholy, there is little doubt; and that an evil spirit might work more effectually on such a state of mind, there can be little question. His malady appears to have been of a mixed kind, natural and diabolical. There is too much of apparent nature in it to permit us to believe it was all spiritual; and there is too much of apparently supernatural influence, to suffer us to believe it was all natural. 1Sam 18:10, 1Sam 19:9-10; Judg 9:23; 1Kgs 22:22; Acts 19:15-16

troubled or, terrified


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before thee 1Sam 16:21-22; Gen 41:46; 1Kgs 10:8

play 1Sam 16:23, 1Sam 10:5; 2Kgs 3:15


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a mighty 1Sam 17:32-36; 2Sam 17:8, 2Sam 17:10

and prudent 2Sam 14:20

matters or, speech.

a comely 1Sam 16:12

the Lord 1Sam 3:19, 1Sam 10:7, 1Sam 18:12-14; Gen 39:2, Gen 39:23; Matt 1:23, Matt 28:20


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with the sheep 1Sam 16:11, 1Sam 17:15, 1Sam 17:33-34; Exod 3:1-10; 1Kgs 19:19; Ps 78:70-72, Ps 113:8; Amos 1:1, Amos 7:14-15; Matt 4:18-22


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an ass laden Chamor lechem, literally, "an ass of bread," rendered by the LXX γομορ αρτων, a gomor of bread; meaning, probably, not an animal, but a vessel containing a certain measure of bread. 1Sam 10:27, 1Sam 17:18, 1Sam 25:18; Gen 43:11; 2Sam 16:1-2; Prov 18:16


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stood before him Gen 41:46; Deut 1:38, Deut 10:8; 1Kgs 10:8; Prov 22:29

loved him Ps 62:9, Ps 118:9, Ps 146:3


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the evil spirit 1Sam 16:14, 1Sam 16:16

Saul 1Sam 18:10-11; Matt 12:43-45; Luke 11:24-26


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