I followed a referrer back, and the request was for the scene when David was anointed to be king,so now, here is that scene, straight out of my Expositor's Study Bible. I Samuel, chapter 16 verse 6: And it came to pass, when they were come(Jesse and his sons), that he( Samuel) looked on Eljiab, and said, surely the Lord's anointed is before him.(This was David's brother,and he looked the part of a King. This shows us that even a great Prophet like Samuel cannot trust his own intuition. To have done so, would have been to have grossly violated God's will. vs.7. But the Lord said unto Samuel, look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature, because I have refused him: for the Lord sees not as man sees, for man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.( and only God knows the heart of man) vs.10: Again,Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, the Lord has not chosen these.vs.11: And Samuel said to Jesse, Are here all your children? And Jesse said, there remains yet the youngest, and behold, he keeps the sheep...(a type of Christ as the good Shepard) And Samuel said to Jesse, send and fetch him for we will not sit down till he comes hither.( David was the youngest,and apparently his father Jesse thought it would useless to bring him into the house. Generally, those who are totally rejected by men are the very ones whom God chooses.)vs 12: And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy( red-haired) and withall of a beautiful countenance( The Hebrew says, with beautiful eyes) and goodly to look to (to look at, handsome) and the Lord said, arise, anoint him, for this is he! (it is believed that David was about 15 years old at this time,it would be years before he would take the throne,but this was the beginning of the glory days of Israel.) And I assume that at this point, everybody else was allowed, finally, to sit down! vs.13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren,and the spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.
And, there you have it. A very simple ceremony, with no trumpets blowing, no heads of state in attendance, no banquet, no parades. Just an old Prophet of God, pouring oil on the head of a 15 year old red-haired boy, and the holy spirit enveloping him, as he stood there dripping oil,his red hair shinning even brighter for the experience. Although on earth it was a quiet moment, you know that angels were shouting on the hills of glory, for it was through David's lineage that Christ would be born,and he would be called, The Son Of David!
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