1Samuel:10

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* Then Samuel took the vial of oil , and poured it upon his head , and kissed him , and said : 'Is it not that the LORD hath anointed thee to be prince over His inheritance ? * When thou art departed from me to-day , then thou shalt find two men by the tomb of Rachel , 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 off caring for the asses , and is anxious concerning you , saying : What shall I do for my son ? * Then shalt thou go on forward from thence , and thou shalt come to the terebinth of Tabor , and there shall meet thee there three men going up to God to Beth-el , one carrying three kids , and another carrying three loaves of bread , and another carrying a bottle of wine . * And they will salute thee , and give thee two cakes of bread ; which thou shalt receive of their hand . * 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 band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery , and a timbrel , and a pipe , and a harp , before them ; and they will be prophesying . * And the spirit of the LORD will come mightily upon thee , and thou shalt prophesy with them , and shalt be turned into another man . * And let it be , when these signs are come unto thee , that thou do as thy hand shall find ; for God is with thee . * 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 unto thee , and tell thee what thou shalt do .' * 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 . * And when they came thither to the hill , behold , a band of prophets met him ; and the spirit of God came mightily upon him , and he prophesied among them . * And it came to pass , when all that knew him beforetime saw that , behold , he prophesied with 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 ?' * And one of the same place answered and said : 'And who is their father ?' Therefore it became a proverb : 'Is Saul also among the prophets ?' * And when he had made an end of prophesying , he came to the high place . * 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 not found , we came to Samuel .' * And Saul 's uncle said : 'Tell me , I pray thee , what Samuel said unto you .' * And Saul said unto his uncle : 'He told us plainly that the asses were found .' But concerning the matter of the kingdom , whereof Samuel spoke , he told him not . * And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpah . * And he said unto the children of Israel : 'Thus saith the LORD , the God of Israel : I brought up Israel out of Egypt , and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians , and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you . * But ye have this day rejected your God , who Himself saveth you out of all your calamities and your distresses ; 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 .' * So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near , and the tribe of Benjamin was taken . * And he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families , and the family of the Matrites was taken ; and Saul the son of Kish was taken ; but when they sought him , he could not be found . * Therefore they asked of the LORD further : 'Is there yet a man come hither ?' And the LORD answered : 'Behold , he hath hid himself among the baggage .' * 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 . * 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 : 'Long live the king .' * 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 . * And Saul also went to his house to Gibeah ; and there went with him the men of valour , whose hearts God had touched . * But certain base fellows said : 'How shall this man save us ?' And they despised him , and brought him no present . But he was as one that held his peace .

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