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Now the LORD said to Samuel, "^(C1)How long are you going to mourn for ^(F1)Saul, since ^(C2)I have rejected him from being king over Israel? ^(C3)Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to ^(C4)Jesse the Bethlehemite, because I have ^(C5)chosen a king for Myself among his sons."

But Samuel said, "How can I go? When Saul hears about it, he will kill me." But the LORD said, "^(C1)Take a heifer ^(F1)with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'

"And you shall invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and ^(C1)I will let you know what you shall do; and ^(C2)you shall anoint for Me the one whom I ^(F1)designate to you."

So Samuel did what the LORD told him, and he came to ^(C1)Bethlehem. Then the elders of the city came trembling to meet him and said, "^(C2)Do you come in peace?"

And he said, "In peace; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. ^(C1)Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice." He also consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.