1 Samuel 16:13 (WEB)
Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the middle of his brothers. Then the LORD’s Spirit came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
Catechism · 2
"And in Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord"
“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.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“There were several anointed ones of the Lord in the Old Covenant, pre-eminently King David.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Ex 30:22-32; 1 Sam 16:13.
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“David was only a shepherd when he was chosen to be king.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xvi. 11–13.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Further, to run over the Judges, or the most illustrious of the Judges, there is “Samuel among those that call upon His Name,” who was given to God before his birth, and sanctified immediately after his birth, and the anointer with his horn of kings and priests.” — editor's note: Ib. xvi. 13.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“And of all men, we Christians alone are those who in the third gate celebrate the mystery, and are anointed there with the unspeakable chrism from a horn, as David (was anointed), not from an earthen vessel, he says, as (was) Saul, who held converse with the evil demon of carnal concupiscence.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. x. 1; xvi. 13.
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