1st Samuel Chapter 16 verse 6 Holy Bible
And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah's anointed is before him.
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Now when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him.
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And it came to pass when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah's anointed is before him.
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And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.
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And it came to pass when they had come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.
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It happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab, and said, Surely Yahweh's anointed is before him.
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And it cometh to pass, in their coming in, that he seeth Eliab, and saith, `Surely, before Jehovah `is' His anointed.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 6-10. - When they were come. I.e. to the house of Jesse, apparently in the interval between the sacrifice and the feast. The latter we learn in ver. 11 did not take place until after David had been sent for. But many hours would elapse between the sacrifice and the feast, as the victim had to be skinned and prepared for roasting, and finally cooked. This interval was spent in Jesse's house; and when he saw there Eliab, the first born, and observed his tall stature and handsome face, qualities which Samuel had admired in Saul, he said, i.e. in himself, felt sure, that the goodly youth was Jehovah's anointed (see on 1 Samuel 2:10, 35; 10:1, etc.), but is warned that these external advantages do not necessarily imply real worth of heart; and as Jehovah looketh on the heart, his judgment depends, not on appearances, but on reality. As Eliab is thus rejected, Jesse makes his other sons pass before the prophet. Next Abinadab, who has the same name as a son of Saul (1 Samuel 31:2); then Shammah, so called again in ch. 17:13, but Shimeah in 2 Samuel 13:3, and Shimma in 1 Chronicles 2:13, where, however, the Hebrew is exactly the same as in 2 Samuel 13:3. After these four other sons follow, of whom one apparently died young, as only seven are recorded in 1 Chronicles 2:13-15, whereas these with David make eight. To all these seven the Divine voice within Samuel gave no response, and he said unto Jesse, Jehovah hath not chosen these.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) He looked on Eliab.--There was something in the tall and stately presence of the eldest born of Jesse which reminded the old man of the splendid youth of Saul. Eliab seemed to Samuel in all respects a fit successor to the great warrior whom the Lord rejected. But the Divine voice gave no reply back to the prophet's mute questioning; and the other sons of Jesse, an imposing band of gallant youths, passed in review before the old seer, and were severally introduced to him; but the Divine voice only warned the seer that these external advantages of mere human beauty and strength, were no mark of true greatness.
