1 Samuel 16:2
“How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The Lord answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’
And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.
Note with thee: Heb. in thine hand
Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” The Lord said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’
And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And Jehovah said, Take a heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to Jehovah.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- How can I go
- Exodus 3:11; 1 Kings 18:9–14; Matthew 10:16; Luke 1:34
- with thee
- Heb. in thine hand.
- 1 Samuel 9:12
- I am come
- 1 Samuel 9:12; 1 Samuel 20:29; Jeremiah 38:26, 27