Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight.”
And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, let David, I pray thee, stand before me,.... Continue in his service; which was great condescension in him, and great respect shown to Jesse, not to detain his son without his leave, and to ask it as a favour of him: for he hath found favour in my sight: was very acceptable to him which must be very pleasing...
David came to Saul's court not as an ambitious climber but as God's instrument, unaware of his own election to the throne. The Lord lifted him from the shepherd's quiet fields into the sphere of kingship, where he would gain the people's love and learn the arts of rule through a school of affliction that would fashion him into a man after God's own heart.
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Commenting on 1 Samuel 16:21-23
When the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, all good departed with Him. He had driven away God's grace by willful sin; now the evil spirit had possession of him, and he became prey to fear, rage, and suspicion. God made David his physician, and in serving at court the young shepherd would learn the ways of a kingdom without knowing he was being fitted to rule it.
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Commenting on 1 Samuel 16:14-23