1Sa 16:2 | ESV | e4.org | 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 .

‏ 1 Samuel 16:2

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, ^a‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’