Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Overview
Sa1 16:1, Samuel sent by God, under pretence of a sacrifice, comes to Beth-lehem; Sa1 16:6, His human judgment is reproved; Sa1 16:11, He anoints David; Sa1 16:15, Saul sends for David to quiet his evil spirit.
am 2941, bc 1063, An, Ex, Is, 428
How long: Sa1 15:11, Sa1 15:35; Jer 7:16, Jer 11:14
seeing: Sa1 16:15, Sa1 16:23, Sa1 13:13, Sa1 13:14, Sa1 15:23, Sa1 15:26; Jer 6:30, Jer 14:11, Jer 14:12, Jer 15:1; Jo1 5:16
horn with oil: Sa1 9:16, Sa1 10:1; Kg2 9:1, Kg2 9:3, Kg2 9:6
Jesse: Sa1 13:14; Gen 49:8-10; Rut 4:18-22; Ch1 2:10-15; Psa 78:68-71, Psa 89:19, Psa 89:20; Isa 11:1, Isa 11:10, Isa 55:4; Act 13:21, Act 13:22; Rom 15:12
How can I go: Exo 3:11; Kg1 18:9-14; Mat 10:16; Luk 1:34
Take an heifer: For the prudent management of the affair, and to avoid suspicion, Samuel was directed to go to Bethlehem to sacrifice, as he probably did from time to time in many different places; and the answer which he was instructed to return was strictly true though he did not tell the principal design of his coming; for though no man in any circumstances should tell a lie, yet, in all circumstances, he is not bound to tell the whole truth, though he must tell nothing but the truth, and so tell that truth that the hearer shall not believe a lie by it.
with thee: Heb. in thine hand, Sa1 9:12
I am come: Sa1 9:12, Sa1 20:29; Jer 38:26, Jer 38:27
call Jesse: Sa1 9:12, Sa1 9:13; Sa2 15:11; Mat 22:1-4
and I will show: Exo 4:15; Act 9:6
anoint: Sa1 16:12, Sa1 16:13, Sa1 9:16; Deu 17:14
trembled: Sa1 21:1; Sa2 6:9; Kg1 17:18; Hos 6:5, Hos 11:10; Luk 5:8, Luk 8:37
coming: Heb. meeting
Comest: Kg1 2:13; Kg2 9:22; Ch1 12:17, Ch1 12:18
sanctify yourselves: Exo 19:10, Exo 19:14, Exo 19:15; Lev 20:7, Lev 20:8; Num 11:8; Jos 3:5, Jos 7:13; Ch2 30:17-20; Job 1:5; Psa 26:2-6; Joe 2:16; Co1 11:28
Eliab: Sa1 17:13, Sa1 17:22; Ch1 2:13, Ch1 27:18, Elihu
Look not: Sa1 9:2, Sa1 10:23, Sa1 10:24; Sa2 14:25; Psa 147:10, Psa 147:11; Pro 31:30
seeth not: Job 10:4; Isa 55:8, Isa 55:9; Luk 16:15; Pe1 2:4, Pe1 3:4
looketh: Joh 7:24; Co2 10:7, Co2 10:10
outward appearance: Heb. eyes
on the heart: Kg1 8:39; Ch1 28:9; Ch2 16:9; Psa 7:9, Psa 139:2; Pro 15:11, Pro 16:2; Jer 11:20, Jer 17:10, Jer 20:12; Act 1:24; Heb 4:13; Rev 2:23
Shammah: Sa1 17:13; Sa2 13:3, Shimeah, Ch1 2:13, Shimma
seven: Ch1 2:13-15
There remaineth: Sa1 17:12-15, Sa1 17:28; Sa2 7:8; Ch1 17:7; Psa 78:70, Psa 78:71
down: Heb. round
ruddy: Sa1 17:42; Sol 5:10; Lam 4:7; Act 7:20; Heb 11:23
of a beautiful countenance: Heb. fair of eyes, Sa1 16:7
And the Lord: Sa1 9:17
anoint him: Psa 2:2, Psa 2:6, Psa 89:19, Psa 89:20; Act 4:27
the Spirit: Sa1 16:18, Sa1 10:6, Sa1 10:9, Sa1 10:10; Num 11:17, Num 27:18; Jdg 3:10, Jdg 11:29, Jdg 13:25, Jdg 14:6; Isa 11:1-3; Joh 3:34; Heb 1:9
the Spirit: Sa1 11:6, Sa1 18:12, Sa1 28:15; Jdg 16:29; Psa 51:11; Hos 9:12
evil 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. Sa1 18:10, Sa1 19:9, Sa1 19:10; Jdg 9:23; Kg1 22:22; Act 19:15, Act 19:16
troubled: or, terrified
before thee: Sa1 16:21, Sa1 16:22; Gen 41:46; Kg1 10:8
play: Sa1 16:23, Sa1 10:5; Kg2 3:15
a mighty: Sa1 17:32-36; Sa2 17:8, Sa2 17:10
and prudent: Sa2 14:20
matters: or, speech.
a comely: Sa1 16:12
the Lord: Sa1 3:19, Sa1 10:7, Sa1 18:12-14; Gen 39:2, Gen 39:23; Mat 1:23, Mat 28:20
with the sheep: Sa1 16:11, Sa1 17:15, Sa1 17:33, Sa1 17:34; Exo 3:1-10; Kg1 19:19; Psa 78:70-72, Psa 113:8; Amo 1:1, Amo 7:14, Amo 7:15; Mat 4:18-22
an ass laden: Chamor lechem, literally, "an ass of bread," rendered by the LXX γομορ αρτων, a gomor of bread; meaning, probably, not an animal, but a vessel containing a certain measure of bread. Sa1 10:27, Sa1 17:18, Sa1 25:18; Gen 43:11; Sa2 16:1, Sa2 16:2; Pro 18:16
stood before him: Gen 41:46; Deu 1:38, Deu 10:8; Kg1 10:8; Pro 22:29
loved him: Psa 62:9, Psa 118:9, Psa 146:3
the evil spirit: Sa1 16:14, Sa1 16:16
Saul: Sa1 18:10, Sa1 18:11; Mat 12:43-45; Luk 11:24-26