16 The Lord said to Samuel, -How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel- Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.- 2 And Samuel said, -How can I go- If Saul hears it, he will kill me.- And the Lord said, -Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.' 3 And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you.- 4 Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, -Do you come peaceably-- 5 And he said, -Peaceably- I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.- And he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. 6 When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, -Surely the Lord's anointed is before him.- 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, -Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees- man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.- 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, -Neither has the Lord chosen this one.- 9 Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, -Neither has the Lord chosen this one.- 10 And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, -The Lord has not chosen these.- 11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, -Are all your sons here-- And he said, -There remains yet the youngest but behold, he is keeping the sheep.- www.esv.org-1-Samuel-16-