And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
call Jesse to the sacrifice--that is, the social feast that followed the peace offering. Samuel, being the offerer, had a right to invite any guest he pleased.
And call Jesse to the sacrifice,.... His family, both him and his sons, to partake of the peace offerings; as every offerer had a right to invite his friends, and whomsoever he pleased, to eat of those parts of them which belonged to him, as a feast before the Lord: and I will show thee what thou shall do; when Jesse and his family were...
Samuel grieves too long for a man God has discarded. The decree is fixed; tears cannot alter it. Let him take comfort: Israel loses nothing, for God Himself has found a king after His own heart to fill the breach.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 Samuel 16:1-5