1SA-10:1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured [it] upon
his head, and kissed him, and said, [Is it] not because the LORD
hath anointed thee [to be] captain over his inheritance?
1SA-10:2 When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt
find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at
Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou
wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the
care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I
do for my son?
1SA-10:3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou
shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee
three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids,
and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying
a bottle of wine:
1SA-10:4 And they will salute thee, and give thee two [loaves]
of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.
1SA-10:5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where
[is] the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass,
when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a
company of prophets coming down from the high place with a
psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and
they shall prophesy:
1SA-10:6 And the spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and
thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another
man.
1SA-10:7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee,
[that] thou do as occasion serve thee; for God [is] with thee.
1SA-10:8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold,
I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, [and] to
sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou
tarry, till I come to thee, and show thee what thou shalt do.
1SA-10:9 And it was [so], that when he had turned his back to go
from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs
came to pass that day.
1SA-10:10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a
company of prophets met him; and the spirit of God came upon him,
and he prophesied among them.
1SA-10:11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime
saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the
people said one to another, What [is] this [that] is come unto
the son of Kish? [Is] Saul also among the prophets?
1SA-10:12 And one of the same place answered and said, But who
[is] their father? Therefore it became a proverb, [Is] Saul also
among the prophets?
1SA-10:13 And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to
the high place.
1SA-10:14 And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant,
Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw
that [they were] no where, we came to Samuel.
1SA-10:15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what
Samuel said unto you.
1SA-10:16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that
the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof
Samuel spake, he told him not.
1SA-10:17 And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to
Mizpeh;
1SA-10:18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the
LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and
delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the
hand of all kingdoms, [and] of them that oppressed you:
1SA-10:19 And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself
saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and
ye have said unto him, [Nay], but set a king over us. Now
therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and
by your thousands.
1SA-10:20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to
come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
1SA-10:21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near
by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the
son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be
found.
1SA-10:22 Therefore they inquired of the LORD further, if the
man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he
hath hid himself among the stuff.
1SA-10:23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood
among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his
shoulders and upward.
1SA-10:24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the
LORD hath chosen, that [there is] none like him among all the
people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
1SA-10:25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom,
and wrote [it] in a book, and laid [it] up before the LORD. And
Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
1SA-10:26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with
him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
1SA-10:27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man
save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But
he held his peace.
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