1 Samuel 16:1-13

THE ANOINTING OF DAVID, 1 Samuel 16:1-13.

We are now about to be introduced to him who figures in the following history as one of the most interesting and honoured personages of the olden time that neighbour of Saul, (1 Samuel 15:28,) that man after Jehovah’s heart, (1 Samuel 13:14,) who is to succeed Saul on the throne of Israel, and be the brightest star in all the host of kings. Soon after his anointing he is providentially introduced into the royal household, and still later, by his victory over Goliath, he suddenly becomes the idol of the nation’s heart. But from that proud day until the death of Saul he is persecuted by the jealous king, and flies from the court and from his home, and wanders up and down as an exile and outlaw.