1 Samuel 16:1 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 16:1

David Anointed King

1 Now the Lord said to Samuel, ^a“How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? ^bFill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to ^cJesse the Bethlehemite. For ^dI have provided Myself a king among his sons.”

2 And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” But the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, ^a‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’

3 Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; you shall anoint for Me the one I name to you.”

4 So Samuel did what the Lord said, and went to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town ^atrembled at his coming, and said, ^b“Do you come peaceably?”

5 And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. ^aSanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.

6 So it was, when they came, that he looked at ^aEliab and ^bsaid, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before Him!”

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Definitions of words in 1 Samuel 16:1:

A {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

For {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Go {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Have {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

His {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Horn {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Horn {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

How {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Oil {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Oil {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Samuel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Samuel {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Samuel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Saul {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Saul {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Saul {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Will {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

King {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Lord {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Mourn {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing 1 Samuel 16:1:

Saul {Easton's}
Jesse {I.S.B.E.}
Samuel {I.S.B.E.}
Samuel, Books Of {I.S.B.E.}
Shammah {I.S.B.E.}

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