1 Samuel 16:17 WEB

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Samuel 16:1-23

III. DAVID, THE KING AFTER GOD’S HEART--His EXILE AND SUFFERING 1. David Anointed King and the Departure of the Spirit from Saul CHAPTER 16 1. David anointed king (1 Samuel 16:1-13 ) 2. The Spirit departs from Saul and David with Saul (1 Samuel 16:14-23 ) The king after the people’s heart has failed and is set aside, and now Jehovah brings forth His king after His own heart. That king like Jonathan, a man of faith, is devoted to Jehovah and in perfect subjection unto Him. Furthermore,... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 16:1-23

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 Bethlehemite, and Samuel is told to go to anoint him. The boldness of Samuel's faith wavers for the moment. He had been firm and decided in telling Saul that another would take his place as king yet now he is apprehensive that his anointing David will antagonize Saul to the point of killing... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 16:14-23

DAVID BEFORE SAUL AS A MINSTREL (1 Samuel 16:14-23 ) When it is said that “the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul” (1 Samuel 16:14 ), we have a further illustration of the distinction between the Spirit coming on a man and the Spirit dwelling within him. In the latter case we do not think of His departing from him (John 14:16 ; Romans 11:29 ), but in the former He may do so for more than one reason, but especially when the man through disobedience has placed himself outside the pale... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Samuel 16:1-23

David Anointed 1Sa 16:12 SAMUEL, the venerable and almost outworn prophet, would have made a mistake upon this occasion. When he looked upon Eliab, he said, "Surely the Lord's anointed is before him." It is clear, therefore, that even inspired and honoured prophets were not, in themselves, infallible. It would further appear that their inspiration was occasionally suspended. Now and again natural judgment interposed its opinion. Now and again the natural sense spoke first, without allowing... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 16:17-18

(17) And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. (18) Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him. It is somewhat singular that David should have been so well known at court by Saul's servants, for it appears by the after history of David, (1 Samuel... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 16:14-23

14-23 Saul is made a terror to himself. The Spirit of the Lord departed from him. If God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will have possession of us. The devil, by the Divine permission, troubled and terrified Saul, by the corrupt humours of his body, and passions of his mind. He grew fretful, peevish, and discontented, and at times a madman. It is a pity that music, which may be serviceable to the good temper of the mind, should ever be abused, to support vanity and luxury, and made... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Samuel 16:14-23

II. The Darkening of Saul’s Mind by the Evil Spirit, and David’s First Appearance at the Court of Saul as Harpist1 Samuel 16:14-2314But [And] the Spirit of the Lord [Jehovah] departed from Saul, and an evil 15spirit from the Lord [Jehovah] troubled him. And Saul’s servants said unto him, 16Behold now, an evil spirit from God18 troubleth thee. Let our lord now command—thy servants which [om. which] are before thee, to [and let them, or they will] seek out19 a man who is a cunning player20 on a... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Samuel 16:14-23

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 Spirit from Saul. This does not necessarily imply that all religious sensibility had become extinct, but that the special enduement which had fitted him for his kingly office had been withdrawn. An evil spirit “from the Lord” troubled him; that is, God permitted this spirit to enter. The garrison of peace... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 16:1-23

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 rebuked him. Perfect conformity to the will of God forbids any kind of prolonged mourning over human failure. If Saul had failed, God had not, and Samuel was now commissioned to arise and anoint His king. This time the choice was to be made on an entirely new basis. Israel had had a king of physical... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 1 Samuel 16:11-23

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 eldest, Eliab, was of the Saul type, but God refused him, saying, "The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart." When David came, he was called from the sheepcotes, where he watched over his father's sheep. "He was ruddy, and withal of a... read more