Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by,.... His third son, Sa1 17:13, sometimes called Shimma, and Shimeah, Ch1 2:13. and he said, neither hath the Lord chosen this; which he knew in the same way as before.
1Sa 16:8-10 When Jesse thereupon brought up his other sons, one after another, before Samuel, the prophet said in the case of each, “This also Jehovah hath not chosen.” As Samuel must be the subject to the verb ויּאמר in 1Sa 16:8-10, we may assume that he had communicated the object of his coming to Jesse.
Commenting on 1 Samuel 16:8-10
Samuel's eye was caught by Eliab's countenance and he rushed to judgment, much as he had done with Saul; but God whispered a correction: look not on the outside. Men judge by what shows, God by what is; the heart is the measure He uses, and therein lies true beauty and fitness for His service.
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Commenting on 1 Samuel 16:6-13