I Samuel 16:1-4b, 6-13

“. . . fill thine horn with oil, and go” (v. 1). The Lord instructed Samuel to fill his horn with oil with which he would anoint the king who would succeed Saul. The Lord instructed Samuel to go to Bethlehem and to seek out a son of Jesse whom He had chosen to be Israel’s future king.

Samuel balked; he feared that Saul might have him executed for treason if…