But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him [to be] captain over his people, because thou hast not kept [that] which the LORD commanded thee.
Ver. 14. The Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart,] sc., Iuxta suum gustura et votum; one that would do all his wills, Act 13:22 and was therefore his Corculum, the man of his desires and delight.
And the herd hath commanded him to be captain, &c.] He sought not this honour, but it was laid upon him, as Gregory observeth. The Venetians have magistrates they call Pregadi: because at first men were prayed to take the office, and to govern the state. As for David, though he was not without his failings, - and those foul ones too, some of them, - yet for the main, his heart was upright, Psa 57:7 not rotten, as Saul's was.