1 Samuel 16:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. ”

• 1 Samuel 16:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  David, Saul's Minstrel. (J), the ancient narrative, continues 1 Samuel 14:52 . The earlier and more authentic of the two accounts of David's introduction to Saul ( cf. 1 Samuel 17:55 ff.). Sau...

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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  bottle . skin-bottle. of. Genitive of contents. App-17. wine . Hebrew. yayin. See App-27.

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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. Took an ass laden with bread - He must send a present to Saul to introduce his s...

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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. Jesse took an ass ... and sent them ... unto Saul - as a token of homage and...

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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  David is anointed King over Israel From 1 Samuel 16 on, the interest centres in David rather than in Saul.

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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And Jesse took an ass. — It was and is ever customary in the East to acknowledge obedience and subjection with a present. Jesse, the sheik of Bethlehem, would thus be expected on sending his son to...

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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Young Harper before the Dejected King 1 Samuel 16:14-23 In one sentence we are told of the Spirit of the Lord coming upon David, 1 Samuel 16:13 , and in the next of the departure of the Sp...

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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 re...

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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (19) Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. (20) And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them b...

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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Jesse took an ass [laden] with bread ,.... Laden with a load of bread, as the Targum; with as much as it could carry, or was used to carry; the Septuagint version is, an omer of bread, which was...

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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Jesse took an ass [laden] with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent [them] by David his son unto Saul. Ver. 20. And Jesse took an ass laden with bread. ] Great men love and look...

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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Jesse took bread, a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them This present, though in our times it would seem contemptible, yet was very agreeable to the usage of those ages, and to the condition of...

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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Saul Troubled by an Evil Spirit. B. C. 1065.       14 But the Spirit of the L ORD departed...

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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  This present, though in our times it would seem contemptible, yet was very agreeable to the usage of those times, and to the condition of Jesse, which was but mean in the world. And it seems to have...

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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Saul's Serious Medical Condition Results In David Being Introduced Into Court Circles ( 1 Samuel 16:14-23 ). Sadly for Saul the Spirit of YHWH had departed from him. YHWH had now rejected him as k...

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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 16:20 . “An Ass,” etc. The Hebrew is an ass of bread. Reland adduces a great number of quotations from Greek writers, showing that the ancients used a...

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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 ha...

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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  DAVID ANOINTED AS THE FUTURE KING , AND HIS FIRST INTRODUCTION TO SAUL . ( 1 Samuel 16:1-9 ) EXPOSITION CHOICE OF DAVID AS SUCCESSOR TO SAUL ( 1 Samuel 16:1-...

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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 10:27 ; 1 Samuel 17:18 ; 1 Samuel 25:18 ; 2 Samuel 16:1 ; 2 Samuel 16:2 ; Genesis 43:11 ; Proverbs 18:16

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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  David, the Sweet Psalmist of Israel 1 Samuel 16:11-23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. David the shepherd lad. When Samuel came to Jesse, all of his sons were brought before him, excepting David. The eld...

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• 1 Samuel 16:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Sent him — This present, though in our times it would seem contemptible, yet was very agreeable to the usage of those times, and to the condition of Jesse, which was but mean in the world. And it s...

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