Adam Clarke Commentary - 1 Samuel 16:1

Adam Clarke Commentary - 1 Samuel 16:1 - 16:1

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Adam Clarke Commentary - 1 Samuel 16:1 - 16:1

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

16:1 - 16:1
16:2 - 16:2
16:3 - 16:3
16:4 - 16:4
16:5 - 16:5
16:7 - 16:7
16:10 - 16:10
16:12 - 16:12
16:13 - 16:13
16:14 - 16:14
16:18 - 16:18
16:20 - 16:20
16:23 - 16:23

Fill thine horn with oil - Horns appear to have been the ancient drinking vessels of all nations; and we may suppose that most persons who had to travel much, always carried one with them, for the purpose of taking up water from the fountains to quench their thirst. Such a horn had Samuel; and on this occasion he was commanded to fill it with oil, for the purpose of consecrating a king over Israel from among the sons of Jesse.