1 Samuel 16:2-4

Contemporary English Version

² Samuel answered, “If I do that, Saul will find out and have me killed.”

“Take a calf with you,” the Lord replied. “Tell everyone that you've come to offer it as a sacrifice to me, ³ then invite Jesse to the sacrifice.^[a] When I show you which one of his sons I have chosen, pour the olive oil on his head.”

⁴ Samuel did what the Lord told him and went to Bethlehem. The town leaders went to meet him, but they were terribly afraid and asked, “Is this a friendly visit?”