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1 Samuel 16:1 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 16 · verse 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.1 Samuel 16:1 · King James Version
1 Samuel 16:1 in context
1And 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.
2And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.
3And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- rejectedmâʼaçto spurnH3988 →
- reigningmâlakto reignH4427 →
- SamuelShᵉmûwʼêlShemuel, the name of three IsraelitesH8050 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- mournʼâbalto bewailH56 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Samuel had retired to his own house in Ramah, with a resolution not to appear any more in public business, but to addict himself wholly to the instructing and training up of the sons of the prophets, over whom he presided, as we find, Sa1 19:20.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5