1 Samuel 16:1

Oil] probably consecrated oil for anointing.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, (a) seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil,...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Samuel Anoints David (E 2) or (R). A better division would be in the middle of 1 Samuel 15:35 , so as to begin the new section with And Yahweh rep...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4. I have rejected . Note here Jehovah's sovereignty. I have provided. Note Jehovah's sovereignty in this cho...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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,...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

How long wilt thou mourn for Saul? — The constant references to the influence Saul acquired, and the love and admiration he attracted, is a strikin...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXII. DAVID ANOINTED BY SAMUEL. 1 Samuel 16:1-13 . THE rejection of Saul was laid very deeply to heart by Samuel. No doubt there many...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Choice of His Anointed 1 Samuel 16:1-13 The anointing of the young shepherd, with his ruddy cheeks and deep, poetic eyes, is a beautiful...
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 th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This chapter is the first in the history of David. And as this man forms so distinguishing a character in the word of God, in every point o...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Lord said unto Samuel ,.... In a vision or dream, or by an articulate voice: how long wilt thou mourn for Saul? he does not blame him for mo...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

How long wilt thou mourn for Saul? And pray for his restoration, which the following words imply he did. Fill thy horn with oil Which was used i...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Samuel Goes to Bethlehem. B. C. 1065. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 16 Samuel is sent by God; who, under pretence of a sacrifice for fear of Saul, cometh to Bethlehem; sanctifieth Jesse and his sons...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Anointing of David As Prospective King Over Israel. The Spirit Of YHWH Comes Mightily On Him ( 1 Samuel 16:1-13 ). It is a sad reflection on w...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 16:1 . “How long wilt thou mourn,” etc. “These words show that the prophet had not yet been able to rec...
Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 16:1 Consider: I. The reason of Saul's rejection from the throne of Israel. Saul's failure may be traced to three things. (1) He was a d...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

How long wilt thou mourn for Saul. Overmuch sorrow, and its aura In one of the visions of the prophet Ezekiel, a man with a writer’s inkhorn in...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

DAVID ANOINTED AS THE FUTURE KING , AND HIS FIRST INTRODUCTION TO SAUL . ( 1 Samuel 16:1-9 ) EXPOSITION CHOICE OF DA...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Samuel had yielded to excessi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David Anointed by Samuel
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 2:10-15 ; 1 John 5:16 ; 1 Samuel 10:1 ; 1 Samuel 13:13 ; 1 Samuel 13:14 ; 1 Samuel 15:11 ; 1 Samuel 15:23 ; 1 Samuel 15:26 ; 1...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Mourn — And pray for his restitution, which the following words imply he did. Oil — Which was used in the inauguration of kings. But here it is use...

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.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 16:1

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 16:1