1Samuel:10-11
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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 ?
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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 ?
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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 ,
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 ,
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 ,
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 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 ?
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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 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 .
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And Saul '
s 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 ,
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 :
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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 .
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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 ;
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 .
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Then Nahash the Ammonite came up ,
and encamped against Jabeshgilead :
and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash ,
Make a covenant with us ,
and we will serve thee .
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And Nahash the Ammonite answered them ,
On this condition will I make a covenant with you ,
that I may thrust out all your right eyes ,
and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel .
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And the elders of Jabesh said unto him ,
Give us seven days '
respite ,
that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel :
and then ,
if there be no man to save us ,
we will come out to thee .
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Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul ,
and told the tidings in the ears of the people :
and all the people lifted up their voices ,
and wept .
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And ,
behold ,
Saul came after the herd out of the field ;
and Saul said ,
What aileth the people that they weep ?
And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh .
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And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings ,
and his anger was kindled greatly .
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And he took a yoke of oxen ,
and hewed them in pieces ,
and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers ,
saying ,
Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel ,
so shall it be done unto his oxen .
And the fear of the LORD fell on the people ,
and they came out with one consent .
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And when he numbered them in Bezek ,
the children of Israel were three hundred thousand ,
and the men of Judah thirty thousand .
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And they said unto the messengers that came ,
Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead ,
To morrow ,
by that time the sun be hot ,
ye shall have help .
And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh ;
and they were glad .
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Therefore the men of Jabesh said ,
To morrow we will come out unto you ,
and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you .
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And it was so on the morrow ,
that Saul put the people in three companies ;
and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch ,
and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day :
and it came to pass ,
that they which remained were scattered ,
so that two of them were not left together .
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And the people said unto Samuel ,
Who is he that said ,
Shall Saul reign over us ?
bring the men ,
that we may put them to death .
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And Saul said ,
There shall not a man be put to death this day :
for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel .
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Then said Samuel to the people ,
Come ,
and let us go to Gilgal ,
and renew the kingdom there .
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And all the people went to Gilgal ;
and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal ;
and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD ;
and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly .
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And Samuel said unto all Israel ,
Behold ,
I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me ,
and have made a king over you .
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