Acts 13:22

“And when he had removed him, etc.] Either by death, or rejected him from being king while he was living; (<091523>1 Samuel 15:23 16:1) he raised up unto them David to be their king; who was of the tribe of Judah, and who was raised from a very mean condition, from keeping of sheep, to sit upon the throne of Israel: to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David; a type of the Messiah; he chose him to be king, sent Samuel to anoint him, and at length set him on the throne: the apostle adds, as a further account of him, the son of Jesse; who lived at Bethlehem, where the Messiah was to be born, and who was a person of no great note and figure in Israel; and this is mentioned as…”

“I have found David, &c.--This quotation is the substance of Psa 89:20; Sa1 13:14; and perhaps also of Psa 78:70-72.”

“And when he had removed him - This was done because he rebelled against God in sparing the sheep and oxen and valuable property of Amalek, together with Agag the king, when he was commanded to destroy all, 1 Samuel 15:8-23. He was put to death in a battle with the Philistines, 1 Samuel 31:1-6. The phrase “when he removed him” refers probably to his rejection as a king, and not to his death; for David was anointed king before the death of Saul, and almost immediately after the rejection of Saul on account of his rebellion in the business of Amalek. See 1 Samuel 16:12-13. He gave testimony - He bore witness, 1 Samuel 13:14. I have found David ... - This is not quoted literally, but contains…”

“Having removed him - Hence they might understand that the dispensations of God admit of various changes. I have found David, a man after my own heart - This expression is to be taken in a limited sense. David was such at that time, but not at all times. And he was so, in that respect, as he performed all God's will, in the particulars there mentioned: But he was not a man after God's own heart, in other respects, wherein he performed his own will. In the matter of Uriah, for instance, he was as far from being a man after God's own heart as Saul himself was. It is therefore a very gross, as well as dangerous mistake, to suppose this is the character of David in every part of his behaviour. We…”

“13:22 David was a man after God’s own heart despite his sins (e.g., 2 Sam 11–12).”

“when: Sa1 12:25, Sa1 13:13, Sa1 15:11, Sa1 15:23, Sa1 15:26, Sa1 15:28, Sa1 16:1, Sa1 28:16, Sa1 31:6; Sa2 7:15; Ch1 10:13; Hos 13:10, Hos 13:11 he raised: Sa1 16:1, Sa1 16:13; Sa2 2:4, Sa2 5:3-5, Sa2 7:8; Ch1 28:4, Ch1 28:5; Psa 2:6, Psa 78:70-72; Psa 89:19, 20-37; Jer 33:21, Jer 33:26; Eze 34:23, Eze 37:24, Eze 37:25; Hos 3:5 to whom: Act 15:8; Heb 11:4, Heb 11:5 I have: Act 7:46; Sa1 13:14; Kg1 15:3, Kg1 15:5 Acts 13:23”