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

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the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

I have rejected. Note here Jehovah's sovereignty.

I have provided. Note Jehovah's sovereignty in this choice of' the youngest. It is this choice that makes David the "man after Jehovah's heart"; not David's personal character or conduct.

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1 Samuel 16:1

1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.