1. The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself amongst his sons.”
2. Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.”The Lord said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.
3. Call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. You shall anoint to me him whom I name to you.”