Was it right for Samuel to hide the primary reason for his coming to see Jesse? Clearly it was, for the Lord could command nothing that was not right. Samuel was not in a court of law where he was under oath to tell the truthe, wthe whole truth, and nothing but the truth. He did indeed go to sacrifice to the Lord, and in saying this he said noting untrue. But he was not obliged to explain the whole reason for his coming. Samuel feared that Saul would take his life, and he was right to fear this, and the Lord’s asnwer implies that he would have been in real danger if he had told Saul why he had gone. We do not owe total transparency and honesty to our enemies. We are not commanded to be naïve and to behave as fools who do not know the difference between friend and enemy. On such occasions we may hide what it is not fitting to disclose from those who would take advantage of us and harm us. But there is nothing in this passage that gives warrant to lie to an enemy.