1. One day he said, “Samuel, I've rejected Saul, and I refuse to let him be king any longer. Stop feeling sad about him. Put some olive oil in a small container and go and visit a man named Jesse, who lives in Bethlehem. I've chosen one of his sons to be my king.”
2. Samuel answered, “If I do that, Saul will find out and have me killed.”“Take a calf with you,” the Lord replied. “Tell everyone that you've come to offer it as a sacrifice to me,