1 Samuel 16:2-4

Christian Standard Bible

² Samuel asked, “How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!”

The Lord answered, “Take a young cow with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’^{(A) 3} Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will let you know what you are to do.^(B) You are to anoint for me the one I indicate to you.”^(C)

⁴ Samuel did what the Lord directed and went to Bethlehem.^(D) When the elders of the town met him, they trembled^[a] and asked, “Do^[b] you come in peace?” ^(E)