1 Samuel 16:2

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.

And Samuel {H8050} said {H559}, How can I go {H3212}? if Saul {H7586} hear {H8085} it, he will kill {H2026} me. And the LORD {H3068} said {H559}, Take {H3947} an heifer {H1241}{H5697} with thee {H3027}, and say {H559}, I am come {H935} to sacrifice {H2076} to the LORD {H3068}.

Sh'mu'el said, "How can I go? If Sha'ul hears of it, he will have me killed."ADONAI said, "Take a female cow with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to ADONAI.'

“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 Jehovah said, Take a heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to Jehovah.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Samuel 9:12 (6 votes)

    And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, [he is] before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for [there is] a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:

  • 1 Samuel 20:29 (4 votes)

    And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me [to be there]: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.

  • Matthew 10:16 (3 votes)

    Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

  • Jeremiah 38:26 (2 votes)

    Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

  • Jeremiah 38:27 (2 votes)

    Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

  • 1 Kings 18:9 (2 votes)

    And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

  • 1 Kings 18:14 (2 votes)

    And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]: and he shall slay me.