Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 16:11

11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and behold, he keepeth the sheep . And Samuel said unto Jesse, send and fetch him: for we will not fit down till he come hither.

And consequently is the most unfit of all my Sons for that high Employment. Either therefore he did not throughly understand David's great Wisdom and Valour, or he judgeth him unfit, by reason of his mean Education. And God so ordered it by his Providence, that David's choice might plainly appear to be Gods Work, and not Samuel's, or Iesse's Design.

To wit, to the Feast. Qu. How could David be admitted to this Feast, being, as it seems, not sanctified with the rest of his brethren? Answ. 1. It is not strange, if the Prophet, by Gods direction, dispensed with the ordinary Rule, in a person so extraordinary, both for his Piety, and the Dignity to which he was chosen. 2. It is not affirmed, that David did sit down with them to the Feast; but onely, that they would not do so till he come. And when he was come, and Samuel had done what he intended with him, David, for ought we know, might depart, and the rest sit down to the Feast. For David was not now actually raised to any higher degree, but returned to his former employment; as we read below, v. 19.

Marginal references: 2 Sam. 7. 8. Psal. 78. 70.; Heb. round.