1 Samuel 16:19
Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
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Gill's Exposition
Wherefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse,.... For David; not choosing to take him without his leave, though Samuel suggests that kings would do so, Sa1 8:11.
and said, send me David, thy son, which…
We have here Saul falling and David rising.
I. Here is Saul made a terror to himself (Sa1 16:14): The Spirit of the Lord departed from him. He having forsaken God and his duty, God, in a way of…
David's introduction to the Court of Saul
14. But the spirit of the Lord departed from Saul Note the contrast to 1Sa 16:16. As David rose, Saul sank.
an evil spirit from the Lord The cause of Saul's…
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