1 Samuel 16:1–3

SAMUEL ANOINTS DAVID

16 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul,f since I have rejected him as king over Israel?g Fill your horn with oilh and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehemi because I have selected for myself a king from his sons.”

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.’j 3 Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will let you know what you are to do.k You are to anoint for me the one I indicate to you.”l