1 Samuel 16:2

And Samuel said, How shall I go? if Saul should hear it, he would kill me. And the Lord said, Take a heifer with thee, and say, To sacrifice unto the Lord am I come.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.

In Context

1And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him so as not to reign over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lechemite; for I have selected among his sons unto myself a king.

3And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will let thee know what thou shalt do; and thou shalt anoint unto me the one whom I will say unto thee.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 9:12And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for this day came he to the city; because the people have a sacrifice today on the high-place;

1 Kings 18:9And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldst deliver thy servant into the hand of Achab, to slay me?

1 Kings 18:14And now thou sayest, Go say to thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he will slay me.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 16:2-6

Samuel Goes to Bethlehem. ( b. c. 1065.) 1 And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. 2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take a heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord . 3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do:… Read the whole commentary →

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