So Samuel did what the Lord said, and went to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town (A)trembled at his coming, and said, (B)“Do you come peaceably?”

And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. (C)Sanctify[a] yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.

So it was, when they came, that he looked at (D)Eliab and (E)said, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before Him!”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 16:5 Consecrate

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