1 Samuel 16:13

Contextual Overview

⁶When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD's anointed stands here before the LORD ." ⁶ When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, "Surely the Lord 's anointed stands here before the Lord ." ⁶Now it happened, when they entered, he looked at Eliab and thought, "Surely the anointed of Yahweh is before Him." ⁶ When they entered, he looked at Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD'S anointed is before Him." ⁶ And when they were come, he loked on Eliab, & saide: Surelye the Lordes annoynted is before him. ⁶ When Jesse and his sons arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, "Surely this is the man who the Lord has chosen." ⁶ And it happened as they came in, that he saw Eliab, and said, Surely His anointed is before Jehovah. ⁶ When they came, he looked on Eli'ab and thought, "Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him." ⁶ It happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab, and said, Surely Yahweh's anointed is before him. ⁶ And it came to passe when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lords anointed is before him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

anointed: 1 Samuel 10:1, 2 Kings 9:6

the Spirit: 1 Samuel 16:18, 1 Samuel 10:6, 1 Samuel 10:9, 1 Samuel 10:10, Numbers 11:17, Numbers 27:18, Judges 3:10, Judges 11:29, Judges 13:25, Judges 14:6, Isaiah 11:1-3, John 3:34, Hebrews 1:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:4 - hated him Deuteronomy 17:15 - whom 1 Samuel 11:6 - Spirit of God 1 Samuel 16:3 - anoint 1 Samuel 17:28 - Eliab's anger 1 Samuel 18:8 - and what 1 Samuel 18:12 - the Lord 1 Samuel 27:1 - And David 1 Samuel 28:15 - God 1 Samuel 28:17 - thy neighbour 1 Samuel 30:25 - forward 2 Samuel 2:4 - anointed 2 Samuel 3:18 - for the Lord 2 Samuel 5:2 - feed 2 Samuel 5:3 - anointed 2 Samuel 12:7 - I anointed 2 Samuel 15:7 - forty years 2 Samuel 16:18 - General 2 Samuel 23:1 - the anointed 1 Kings 1:34 - Zadok 1 Kings 1:39 - an horn 2 Kings 8:15 - And it came 2 Kings 9:3 - pour it 2 Kings 11:12 - anointed him 1 Chronicles 11:2 - Thou shalt 1 Chronicles 11:3 - anointed 1 Chronicles 12:23 - according 1 Chronicles 28:4 - among the sons Psalms 21:3 - preventest Psalms 28:8 - his Psalms 45:7 - hath Psalms 71:5 - my trust Psalms 89:20 - General Psalms 131:1 - my heart Ecclesiastes 12:1 - Remember Ezekiel 2:2 - General Zechariah 4:14 - These Acts 13:22 - he raised Hebrews 11:32 - David

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar;

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar;

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian servant-woman whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 16:1
Sarai Abrams wyfe bare hym no chyldren: but she had an handemayde an Egyptian, Hagar by name.

Genesis 16:1
Sarai was Abram's wife, but she did not have any children. She had an Egyptian slave named Hagar.

Genesis 16:1
Now Sar'ai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar;

Genesis 16:1
Therfor Sarai, wijf of Abram, hadde not gendrid fre children; but sche hadde a seruauntesse of Egipt, Agar bi name, and seide to hir hosebonde, Lo!

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaide, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Samuel took the horn of oil,.... Out of his pocket, which he brought along with him by the direction of God:

and anointed him in the midst of his brethren; not in the presence of them, they sitting around, or standing by and seeing the ceremony performed; which is not consistent with the secrecy with which Samuel was directed to manage this affair, and which was necessary to observe, to keep it from the knowledge of Saul; and with Eliab's treatment of David afterwards, who would never have addressed him in the manner he did, had he known that he was anointed king, 1 Samuel 17:28 but the sense is, according to Kimchi and Abarbinel, that he was selected out of them, and separated from them, and privately anointed by Samuel, and at most only his father Jesse present; wherefore some observe, that the words may be rendered, "anointed him from the midst of his brethren" h; that is, he took him apart from them, and anointed him:

and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward; not as a spirit of grace and holiness, which probably had come upon him before this time; but a spirit of prophecy, as did on Saul after his unction; and which particularly showed itself in music and poetry, in which he immediately became very eminent, and he was taken notice of for it, and which was the means of bringing him into Saul's court; and a spirit of wisdom and prudence, in civil as well as in sacred things; and a spirit of fortitude, as the Targum, of strength of body, and courage and valour of mind; whereby he was enabled to encounter with the lion and bear, and get the mastery of them; which, with all other gifts of the spirit fitting him for government, he was now endowed with, and which continued with him:

so Samuel rose up and went to Ramah his native place, and where he resided; that is, after the festival of the peace offerings, to which Jesse and his sons were invited; for the anointing seems to be before that.

h So Pool, Patrick, &c.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Spirit ... came upon David - The exact phrase used of the Judges and Saul. See 1 Samuel 10:6, note; Judges 3:10, note; Judges 6:34, note; Judges 11:29, note; Judges 14:18, note; Judges 15:14, note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 16:13. The Spirit of the Lord came upon David — God qualified him to be governor of his people, by infusing such graces as wisdom, prudence, counsel, courage, liberality, and magnanimity.