1 Samuel 16:1-3

International Standard Version

David Anointed to Succeed Saul

16 The Lord told Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I’ve rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I’m sending you to Jesse from Bethlehem because I’ve chosen for myself one of his sons as king.”

² Samuel said, “How can I go? Saul will hear about this^[a] and kill me!”

The Lord said, “Take a heifer^[b] with you and say, ‘I’ve come to offer a sacrifice to the Lord.’ ³ You are to invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I’ll show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for me the one I tell you.”