1 Samuel 16:1-4 ▼

1 The LORD told Samuel, |How long will you grieve over Saul, since I've rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I'm sending you to Jesse from Bethlehem because I've chosen for myself one of his sons as king.|

2 Samuel said, |How can I go? Saul will hear about this and kill me!| The LORD said, |Take a heifer with you and say, 'I've come to offer a sacrifice to the LORD.'

3 You are to invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I'll show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for me the one I tell you.|

4 Samuel did what the LORD said and went to Bethlehem. The elders of the town came out to meet him trembling, and said, |May your coming be in peace.|