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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?
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?
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:
4 And they will salute thee, and give thee
two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.
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:
6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come
upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another
man.
7 And let it be, when these signs are come
unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with
thee.
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 shew thee what thou shalt do.
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.
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.
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?
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?
13 And when he had made an end of
prophesying, he came to the high place.
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.
15 And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I
pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
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.
17 And Samuel called the
people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;
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:
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.
20 And when Samuel had caused all the
tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
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.
22 Therefore they enquired of the LORD
further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he
hath hid himself among the stuff.
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.
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.
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.
26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and
there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
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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