1 Samuel 16:4-6

New Catholic Bible

David Is Anointed as King. ⁴ Samuel did what the Lord had said. When he arrived in Bethlehem, the elders of the city came out to him trembling with fear. They asked, “Do you come in peace?” ⁵ Samuel answered, “Yes. In peace I have come to make a sacrifice to the Lord. Purify yourselves and come to the sacrifice with me.” Then he purified Jesse and his sons, and he invited them to the sacrifice.

⁶ When they arrived, he looked at Eliab and said, “Surely his anointed one stands before the Lord.”