1 Samuel 16:12

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  “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.

Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 76

  “For at first from another tribe was given King Saul, and he was rejected as being an evil king; after there was given from the tribe of Judah King David, and out of him from the tribe of Judah were the Kings.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xvi. 12.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 78

  “…even in birth his twin brother, who had first thrust a hand out of the womb, and had begun to be born: so David was preferred before his elder brother: and as the reason why all these parables and others like them preceded, not only of words but also of deeds, in like manner to the people of the Jews was…” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xvi. 12.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 14

  “David was only a shepherd when he was chosen to be king.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xvi. 11–13.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Life of Antony §28

  “Thus Jacob recognised the counsel Laban had in his heart, and said to his wives, ‘The countenance of your father is not as it was yesterday and the day before.’” — editor's note: Gen. xxxi. 5; 1 Sam. xvi. 12, xvii. 32

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor III.1Book III

  “And that the Lord Himself was uncomely in aspect, the Spirit testifies by Esaias: “And we saw Him, and He had no form nor comeliness but His form was mean, inferior to men.”” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 2, 3. [But see also Ps. xlv. 2, which was often cited by the ancients to prove the reverse. Both may be reconciled; he was a fair and comely child…

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• Psalm 45:2

  Cited together in The Instructor III.1.

• Proverbs 15:13

  Cited together in Life of Antony §28.

• Isaiah 53:2

  Cited together in The Instructor III.1.

• Isaiah 53:3

  Cited together in The Instructor III.1.

• John 8:57

  Cited together in The Instructor III.1.

• 1 Corinthians 13:4

  Cited together in The Instructor III.1.

• Philippians 2:7

  Cited together in The Instructor III.1.

• Genesis 31:5

  Cited together in Life of Antony §28.