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1 Samuel 16:2-4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 16:2-4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 Samuel asked, “How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!”
The Lord answered, “Take a young cow with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’(A) 3 Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will let you know what you are to do.(B) You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate to you.”(C)
4 Samuel did what the Lord directed and went to Bethlehem.(D) When the elders of the town met him, they trembled[a] and asked, “Do[b] you come in peace?”(E)
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- 1 Samuel 16:4 LXX reads were astonished
- 1 Samuel 16:4 DSS, LXX read Seer, do
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