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1 Samuel 16:8

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Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel, who said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath Jehovah chosen this.

KJV

Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

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This verse in 1 Samuel 16

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
Then Jesse called Abinadab,.... His second son, 1Sa 17:13. and made him pass before Samuel: that he might take a full view of him: and he said, neither hath the Lord chosen this; which he knew by a private suggestion from him.

This site's exposition

Then Jesse called Abinadab

on 1 Samuel 16:8-10

Abinadab and Shammah pass before Samuel next, and each is met with the same word, that the Lord hath not chosen this. Four more sons follow until seven in all have stood before the prophet, and Samuel tells Jesse plainly that the Lord has not chosen any of them. The scene repeats on purpose, so that no reader can credit what follows to birth order, appearance, or a father's favor.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Gregory the Dialogist

Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 6, Chapter 3 · Written before 604.

proposed

12. Aminadab is interpreted as "urbane." Rightly therefore, by the Lord's deliberate counsel, he is rejected: because the holy church does not choose for the governance of souls one who is vigorous in secular affairs, but one who is distinguished in spiritual conduct. Indeed, those are urbane who, having set aside their focus on heavenly things, strive to show themselves vigorous in outward pursuits.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

How David at length was pitched upon. He was the youngest of all the sons of Jesse; his name signifies beloved, for he was a type of the beloved Son. How he was in the fields, keeping the sheep (

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Samuel said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before him--Here Samuel, in consequence of taking his impressions from the external appearance, falls into the same error as formerly (1Sa 10:24).

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּקְרָ֤אand he called

    vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times

  • יִשַׁי֙Jesse

    yishaiH3448 →42 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אֲבִ֣ינָדָ֔בAbinadab

    ʾavinadavH41 →12 times

  • וַיַּעֲבִרֵ֖הוּand he made pass by him

    vaiyaavirehuH5674 →556 times

  • לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • שְׁמוּאֵ֑לSamuel

    shemuelH8050 →141 times

  • וַיֹּ֕אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • גַּם־also

    gam-H1571 →769 times

  • בָּזֶ֖ה<in> this one

    bazehH2088 →1180 times

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • בָחַ֥רhe has chosen

    vacharH977 →171 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

2 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 17:13

    The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 17:28

      Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Chronicles 2:13

      Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

    • 1 Samuel 16:6–9

      When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”

    • 2 Samuel 13:3

      Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 2:13

    Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 17:13

      The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.

    • 1 Chronicles 20:7

      and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

    • 1 Chronicles 27:18

      over Judah was Elihu, one of David’s brothers; over Issachar was Omri son of Michael;

    • 1 Samuel 16:6–13

      When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Samuel

David Slays Goliath, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
David Slays Goliath, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
1 Samuel: the study guide →Read 1 Samuel 16 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Gregory the Dialogist, Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 6, Chapter 3; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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