1 Samuel 16:3

Then shall thou bid Jesse to the sacrifice,—when, I, will let thee know what thou must do, so shalt thou anoint for me him whom I shall name unto thee.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.

In Context

2And Samuel said, How can I go? As soon as Saul heareth, he will slay me. Then said Yahweh, A heifer, take thou with thee, and say, To sacrifice unto Yahweh, am I come.

4And Samuel did that which Yahweh had spoken, and went to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city came trembling to meet him, and one said—Peaceably, comest thou?

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Cross References

Exodus 4:15Then shalt thou speak unto him, and shalt put the words in his mouth,—and, I, will be with thy mouth and with his mouth, so will I direct you what ye shall do.

Deuteronomy 17:15thou shalt, set, over thee as king, him whom Yahweh thy God shall choose,—out of the midst of thy brethren, shalt thou set over thee a king, thou mayest not appoint over thee a man that is a foreigner, who is not thy brother.

1 Samuel 9:16About this time to-morrow, will I send unto thee, a man out of the land of Benjamin, whom thou shalt anoint, to be leader over my people Israel, and he shall save my people, out of the hand of the Philistines,—for I have looked upon the oppression, because their outcry hath come in unto me.

2 Samuel 15:11And, with Absolom, went two hundred men, out of Jerusalem, who, having been bidden, were going in their simplicity,—neither knew they anything.

Acts 9:6But rise up, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

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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