1 Samuel 16:5

1 Samuel 16:5

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!”

7 But the Lord said to Samuel, ^a“Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have¹ refused him. ^bFor the Lord does not see as man sees; for man ^clooks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the ^dheart.”

8 So Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.”

9 Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.”

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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He sanctified - It seems evident that there was something peculiar in Jesse's invitation. For first, both he and his sons were invited, whereas the others were only invited for their own persons. Secondly, the different phrase here used, that he sanctified these, when he only bade the other sanctify themselves; argues a singular care of Samuel in their sanctification. Which makes it probable, that the rest were only to join with them in the act of sacrificing; but these, and only these, were invited to feast upon the remainders of the sacrifices.

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