1Samuel:10
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Then Samuel took a vial of oil ,
and poured it upon his head ro #
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and kissed him ,
and said ,
Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance ?
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When thou art departed from me to day ,
then thou shalt find two men by Rachels sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah ;
and they will say unto thee ,
The asses which thou wentest to seek are found :
and ,
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thy father hath left the care of the asses ,
and sorroweth for you ,
saying ,
What shall I do for my son ?
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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 Beyth -#
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one carrying three kids ,
and another carrying three loaves of bread ,
and another carrying a bottle of wine :
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And they will salute thee ,
and give thee two loaves of bread ;
which thou shalt receive of their hands .
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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 :
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And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee ,
and thou shalt prophesy with them ,
and shalt be turned into another man .
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And let it be ,
when these signs are come unto thee ,
that thou do as occasion serve thee ;
for God is with thee .
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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 .
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And it was so ,
that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel Sh @
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God gave him another heart :
and all those signs came to pass that day .
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And when they came thither to the hill gib #
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behold ,
a company of prophets met him ;
and the Spirit of God came upon him ,
and he prophesied among them .
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And it came to pass ,
when all that knew him beforetime #
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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 ?
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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 ?
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And when he had made an end of prophesying ,
he came to the high place .
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And Sauls uncle said unto him and to his servant na #
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Whither went ye ?
And he said ,
To seek the asses :
and when we saw that they were no where ,
we came to Samuel Sh @
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And Sauls uncle said ,
Tell me ,
I pray thee ,
what Samuel said unto you .
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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 .
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And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh ;
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And said unto the children of Israel Yisra #
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Thus saith the LORD God of Israel Yisra #
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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 :
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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 .
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And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near ,
the tribe of Benjamin was taken .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ma #
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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 .
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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 .
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And Saul also went home to Gibeah Gib #
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and there went with him a band of men ,
whose hearts God had touched .
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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 .