1Samuel:10

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* And Samuel took a flask of oil , and poured it upon his head , and kissed him , and said , Behold , it is because the Lord hath anointed thee over his inheritance as chief . * When thou goest this day away from me , thou wilt find two men who are now by Rachel ’s sepulchre , on the boundary of Benjamin at Zelzach ; and they will say unto thee , The asses which thou wentest to seek are found : and , lo , thy father hath given up the matter of the asses , and is anxious for you , saying , What shall I do for my son ? * Then shalt thou go on forward from there , and thou shalt come as far as the grove of Tabor , and there shall meet thee 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 ask thee after thy welfare , and give thee two loaves of bread , which thou must take from their hand . * After that shalt thou come to the hill of God , where the outposts of the Philistines are ; and it shall come to pass , when thou art come thither to the city , that thou wilt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high –place , having before them a psaltery , and a tambourine , and a pipe , and a harp ; and they will be prophesying ; * And the Spirit of the Lord will suddenly come over thee , and thou shalt prophesy with them , and thou shalt be changed into another man . * And it shall be , that , when these signs are come unto thee , then do thou what thy hand may be able to effect ; 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 , to sacrifice sacrifices of peace –offerings : seven days shalt thou tarry , till I come to thee , and then will I tell thee what thou shalt do . * And it happened , that , as he turned his back to go away from Samuel , God changed his heart into another ; and all these signs came to pass on that same day . * And when they came thither to the hill , behold , a company of prophets met him ; and the Spirit of God came suddenly over him , and he prophesied in the midst of them . * And it came to pass , when all that knew him before saw , that , behold , he prophesied with the prophets , then said the people one to another , What is this that hath happened to the son of Kish ? is Saul also among the prophets ? * And one of that 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 were ye gone ? And he said , To seek the asses ; and when we saw that they were nowhere , we went to Samuel . * And Saul ’s uncle said , Do tell me , I pray thee , what did Samuel say unto you . * And Saul said unto his uncle , He told us plainly that the asses had been found . But of the matter of the kingdom , whereof Samuel had spoken , he told him not . * And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord to Mizpah ; * And he said unto the children of Israel , Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel , I brought up Israel from Egypt , and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians , and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you ; * And ye for your part have this day rejected your God , he who hath saved you out of all your misfortunes and your tribulations ; and ye have said unto him , Nevertheless , thou must set a king over us : and now present yourselves before the Lord according to your tribes , and according to your thousands . * And Samuel caused all the tribes of Israel to come near ; and the tribe of Benjamin was seized . * And he caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near according to its families , and the family of Matri was seized , and then was seized Saul the son of Kish : and they sought him , but he could not be found . * And they inquired again of the Lord , Is the man yet come hither ? And the Lord said , Behold , he hath hidden himself among the vessels . * And they ran and fetched him thence , and he placed himself erect in the midst of the people , and he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward . * And Samuel said to all the people , Have ye seen him whom the Lord hath made choice of , that there is none like him among all the people ? And all the people shouted , and said , Long live the king . * Then did Samuel speak to the people the rights of the kingdom , and wrote it in a book , and laid it down before the Lord . And Samuel sent away all the people , every man to his house . * And Saul also went to his home to Gib ’ah ; and there went with him a large crowd , whose heart God had touched . * But the worthless men said , In what can this help us ? And they despised him , and brought him no present . But he acted as though he were deaf .

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