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A Puzzling Timeline
Commentators note a seeming contradiction: Saul loves David here but doesn't recognize him in the next chapter. They propose two main solutions: either this verse describes events that happened later and is placed here thematically, or a significant amount of time passed and Saul's progressing mental illness caused a memory lapse.
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1 Samuel
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 16:21
18th Century
Theologian
The difficulty of reconciling this verse with 1 Samuel 17:55–58 can be explained in this way: The words here describe what ultimately r…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 16:21
19th Century
Bishop
And he became his armor-bearer.—But probably only for a very short time. David returned, we should conclude, to Samuel, w…
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 16:21
17th Century
Pastor
And David came to Saul, and stood before him
As a servant, and ministered to him in the way, and for the purpose for…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 16:14–23
17th Century
Minister
Saul was made a terror to himself. The Spirit of the Lord departed from him. If God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will take possessio…