(They advance to meet the prophet, bowing low.)
Jesse:
O Samuel, O mouthpiece of the Lord,
Comest thou in peace to Bethlehem?
Samuel: In peace!
Jesse: Make us to know thy will.
Samuel: Thou art Jesse, the Bethlehemite?
Jesse: Thou hast said it.
Samuel:
I am the mouthpiece of the most high God.
For the Lord spake unto me, saying:
Mourn not over King Saul;
For I repent me that I made Saul king over Israel.
Fill thine horn with oil and go;
I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite;
For I have provided me a king among his sons.