Samuel anoints David at Bethlehem
After Saul's rejection, Samuel was sent to Jesse of Bethlehem, and the LORD chose the youngest, David, for man looks on the outward appearance but the LORD looks on the heart (1 Samuel 16:7, 13). Scripture gives no year.
Between Saul's rejection and Goliath
1Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.” 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.’ 3Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.”
