And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him quot Get yourself ready take this flask of oil in your hand and go to Ramoth Gilead So the horseman went to meet him and said quot Thus says the king Is it peace quot And Jehu said quot What have you to do with peace Turn around and follow me quot So the watchman reported saying quot The messenger went to them but is not coming back quot Then he sent out a second horseman who came to them and said quot Thus says the king Is it peace quot And Jehu answered quot What have you to do with peace Turn around and follow me quot

The daughters of Zelophehad speak what is right you shall surely give them a possession of inheritance among their father rsquo s brothers and cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them

O mountains of Gilboa Let there be no dew nor rain upon you Nor fields of offerings For the shield of the mighty is cast away there The shield of Saul not anointed with oil

And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you because you obey the voice of the Lord your God Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field And the fruitful field is counted as a forest

He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth He makes lightning for the rain He brings the wind out of His treasuries

Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward So Samuel arose and went to Ramah Now the Lord said to Samuel ldquo How long will you mourn for Saul seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel Fill your horn with oil and go I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite For I have provided Myself a king among his sons

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies You anoint my head with oil My cup runs over

Another parable He spoke to them ldquo The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures a of meal till it was all leavened rdquo

So you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him You shall anoint them consecrate them and sanctify them that they may minister to Me as priests And you shall make for them linen trousers to cover their nakedness they shall reach from the waist to the thighs

Then David spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul And he said quot The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer quot