He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
KJV
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
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He chose David also his servant,.... To be king of Israel, the youngest of his father's family, when he rejected all the rest; see
Sa1 16:6
, an eminent type of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is called by his name,
Psa 89:3
and the signification of his name "Beloved" agrees with him, who is beloved of God, as his Son, and as man and Mediator; and beloved of men, of all the saints: and so likewise his character as a servant suits with him; who not only frequently has the name of a servant,
Psa 89:19
, but appeared in the form of one,
Phi 2:7
, had the work of a servant to do, which he has accomplished, even the great work of our salvation,
Joh 17:4
, in doing which, and all things leading on and appertaining to it, he took the utmost delight and pleasure, and used the greatest diligence and assiduity,
Joh 4:34
and justly acquired the character of a faithful and righteous servant,
Isa 53:11
, and to this work and office he was chosen and called by his Father,
Isa 42:1
,
and took him from the sheepfolds; from whence he was fetched when Samuel was sent by the Lord to anoint him,
Sa1 16:11
, so Moses, while he was feeding his father's sheep, was called to be the saviour and deliverer of Israel,
Exo 3:1
, and Amos was taken from following the flock to be a prophet of the Lord,
Amo 7:13
, and as David was a type of Christ, this may express the mean condition of our Lord, in his state of humiliation, previous to his exaltation, and the more open exercise of his kingly office.
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