1 Samuel 16:1
1 Samuel sent by God, under pretence of a sacrifice, comes to Beth-lehem.6 His human judgment is reproved.11 He anoints David.15 Saul sends for David to quiet his evil spirit. A.M. 2941. B.C. 1063. An. Ex. Is. 428. How long.15:11,35; Jer 7:16; 11:14seeing.15,23; 13:13,14; 15:23,26; Jer 6:30; 14:11,12; 15:1; 1Jo 5:16horn with oil.9:16; 10:1; 2Ki 9:1,3,6Jesse.13:14; Ge 49:8-10; Ru 4:18-22; 1Ch 2:10-15; Ps 78:68-71; 89:19,20Isa 11:1,10; 55:4; Ac 13:21,22; Ro 15:121 Samuel 16:12-14
ruddy.17:42; So 5:10; La 4:7; Ac 7:20; Heb 11:23of a beautiful countenance. Heb. fair of eyes.7And the Lord.9:17anoint him.Ps 2:2,6; 89:19,20; Ac 4:27 anointed.10:1; 2Ki 9:6the Spirit.18; 10:6,9,10; Nu 11:17; 27:18; Jud 3:10; 11:29; 13:25; 14:6Isa 11:1-3; Joh 3:34; Heb 1:9 the Spirit.11:6; 18:12; 28:15; Jud 16:29; Ps 51:11; Ho 9:12evil spirit.The evil spirit was either sent immediately from the Lord, or permitted to come; but whether this was a diabolic possession, or a mere mental malady, is not agreed: it seems to have partaken of both. That Saul had fallen into a deep melancholy, there is little doubt; and that an evil spirit might work more effectually on such a state of mind, there can be little question. His malady appears to have been of a mixed kind, natural and diabolical: there is too much of apparent nature in it to permit us to believe it was all spiritual; and there is too much of apparently supernatural influence, to suffer us to believe it was all natural. 18:10; 19:9,10; Jud 9:23; 1Ki 22:22; Ac 19:15,16troubled. or, terrified.
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