1 Samuel 16:4-6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ Samuel did what the Lord directed and went to Bethlehem.^(A) When the elders of the town met him, they trembled^[a] and asked, ‘Do^[b] you come in peace? ’^(B)

⁵ ‘In peace,’ he replied. ‘I’ve come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves^(C) and come with me to the sacrifice.’^[c] Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. ⁶ When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab^(D) and said, ‘Certainly the Lord’s anointed one is here before him.’