1 Samuel 16:1 (WEB)
The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.”
Catechism · 1
“This was the case for kings, for priests and, in rare instances, for prophets.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Ex 29:7; Lev 8:12; 1 Sam 9:16; 10:1; 16:1, 12-13; I Kings 1:39; 19:16.
Fathers and councils · 2
Augustine of Hippo
“…begun to be; for thence there had been chosen Saul; whence because of the very proximity of the time, when he had been rejected and refused, and David chosen, this might conveniently have been said; but yet was not said: but he hath named those especially who seemed to excel for more surpassing merits.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xvi. 1.
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John Chrysostom
“Though again it be Samuel who is doing this, He saith unto him, “Mourn not thou for Saul.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xvi. 1.
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