1 Samuel 16:1-4 ▼

1 The LORD said to Samuel, |How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.|

2 Samuel replied, |How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!| But the LORD said, |Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'

3 Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you should do. You will anoint for me the one I point out to you.|

4 Samuel did what the LORD told him. When he arrived in Bethlehem, the elders of the city were afraid to meet him. They said, |Do you come in peace?|