1 Samuel 16:4-7

Christian Standard Bible

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.”

⁷ But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature because I have rejected him. Humans do not see what the Lord sees,^[d] for humans see what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.”^(E)