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Then Samuel took a flask
of oil, poured it on
Saul’s
head, kissed him, and said, “Has
not the LORD anointed you
ruler
over His inheritance?
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?
When you
leave
me today
, you
will
find two men at
Rachel’s
tomb
in Zelzah
on
the border of Benjamin .
They will say to
you
, ‘
The donkeys
you
seek have
been
found ,
and now
your
father has
stopped
worrying
about
the donkeys
and started
worrying
about
you, asking
, “
What should
I do about
my son? ”’
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?
Then you
will
go on from there
until
you
come to the Oak
of Tabor .
Three men going up to God at
Bethel will
meet
you
there
, one carrying three young
goats
, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin
of wine .
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 :
They will greet
you
and give you
two loaves of bread ,
which you
will
accept
from
their hands.
And
they will salute
thee,
and give thee
two loaves of bread ;
which thou
shalt
receive
of
their hands.
After that you
will
come to Gibeah
of God, where the Philistines have
an
outpost.
As
you
approach
the city, you
will
meet a group
of prophets coming down from the high place ,
preceded
by
harps
, tambourines
, flutes
, and lyres
, and they will
be
prophesying.
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:
Then
the Spirit of the LORD will rush
upon you
, and you
will
prophesy with them ;
and you
will
be transformed
into a
different
person
.
And
the Spirit of the LORD will come
upon thee
, and thou
shalt
prophesy with them ,
and shalt
be turned
into another
man
.
When these signs have
come, do as the
occasion demands,
for God is with you
.
And
let
it
be,
when these signs are
come unto
thee
, that
thou
do as occasion serve
thee;
for God is with thee
.
And you
shall
go before me to Gilgal ,
and surely
I will come to
you
to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings .
Wait
seven days until
I come to you
and show you
what you
are
to
do. ”
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.
As
Saul
turned to leave
Samuel, God changed
Saul’s
heart ,
and all the
signs came to pass that day.
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.
When
Saul
and his
servant
arrived
at
Gibeah
, a group
of prophets met him .
Then
the Spirit of God rushed
upon him, and he prophesied along
with
them.
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.
All
those
who
had
formerly
known
Saul
and saw
him prophesying
with
the prophets asked
one another, “
What has
happened
to
the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? ”
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?
Then
a
man
who
lived
there
replied,
“
And who is their father? ”
So
the
saying
became a proverb :
“
Is Saul also among the prophets? ”
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?
And when Saul
had finished
prophesying, he went
up
to the high place.
And when he
had made
an
end
of
prophesying, he came
to the high place.
Now
Saul’s
uncle asked
him and his servant, “Where
did
you
go
? ”
“
To look
for
the donkeys,”
Saul
replied.
“
When we saw they were not
to
be
found
, we went
to Samuel. ”
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.
“
Tell me, ”
Saul’s
uncle
asked
, “
what did
Samuel say
to
you ?”
And
Saul's
uncle
said,
Tell me, I
pray
thee
, what Samuel said
unto
you .
And Saul replied
, “
He assured
us that the donkeys
had
been
found. ”
But Saul
did
not
tell
his
uncle
what
Samuel
had
said
about
the kingship
.
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
.
After
this,
Samuel summoned
the people to
the LORD at
Mizpah
And
Samuel called
the people together
unto
the LORD to
Mizpeh;
and said to
the Israelites
, “This
is
what
the LORD ,
the
God of Israel, says:
‘
I brought Israel
up out of Egypt, and I
rescued
you from
the hands
of the Egyptians and of all
the kingdoms that oppressed you .’
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 :
But
today
you
have rejected your God, who saves
you from
all your troubles
and afflictions,
and you
have said to
Him, ‘No
, set a king over us. ’
Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans
. ”
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
.
Thus
Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward
, and
the tribe of Benjamin was selected
.
And
when
Samuel had caused
all the tribes of Israel to
come near
, the tribe of Benjamin was taken
.
Then
he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward
by its
clans
, and
the clan
of Matri was selected.
Finally
, Saul son of Kish was selected.
But
when they looked
for
him, they
could not find
him
.
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
.
So
again
they inquired of the LORD, “Has
the man come
here
yet ?”
And the LORD replied
, “
Behold ,
he has
hidden
himself among the baggage
. ”
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
.
So
they ran and brought
Saul,
and when he stood among the people, he was a
head
taller
than any of the others
.
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
.
Samuel said to all the people, “Do
you
see the
one
the LORD has
chosen ?
There is no
one
like him among all the people .”
And all the people shouted, “Long
live
the king !”
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 .
Then Samuel explained
to
the people the rights
of kingship.
He
wrote them
on
a scroll
and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each
to his own
home
.
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
.
Saul also went to
his
home in
Gibeah ,
and the
men
of valor
whose hearts God had touched went
with
him
.
And
Saul also went home to
Gibeah ;
and there
went
with
him
a
band
of men,
whose hearts God had touched.
But some
worthless
men
said, “
How can
this man save us? ”
So
they despised him and brought him
no gifts;
but Saul
remained
silent
about
it
.
But the
children
of
Belial
said, How shall
this man save us? And
they despised him ,
and brought no presents.
But he
held
his
peace
.
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