1 Samuel 16:3-5

16:3 Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you should do. You will anoint for me the one I point out ¹  to you.”

16:4 Samuel did what the Lord told him. ²  When he arrived in Bethlehem, ³  the elders of the city were afraid to meet him. They ⁴  said, “Do you come in peace?” 16:5 He replied, “Yes, in peace. I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” So he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

[16:3]  ¹ tn Heb “say”; KJV, NRSV “name”; NIV “indicate.”

[16:4]  ² tn Heb “said.”

[16:4]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:4]  ⁴ tc In the MT the verb is singular (“he said”), but the translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss and ancient versions in reading the plural (“they said”).