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And it was [
so ],
that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel ,
God gave him another (
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He gave him such virtues as were fitting for a king .(:
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heart :
and all those signs came to pass that day .
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And when they came thither to the hill ,
beholde ,
the companie of Prophets meete him ,
and the Spirit of God came vpon him , &
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he prophecied among them .
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Therefore all the people that knewe him before ,
when they saw that he prophecied among the Prophets ,
saide eche to other ,
What is come vnto the sonne 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 (
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Meaning ,
that prophecy comes not by succession ,
but is given to whom it pleases God .(:
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father ?
Therefore it became a proverb , [
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Saul also among the Noting by it him that from low degree comes suddenly to honour .
prophets ?
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And when he had made an ende of prophecying ,
he came to the hie place .
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And Sauls vncle saide vnto him ,
and to his seruant ,
Whither went ye ?
And he saide ,
To seeke the asses :
and when we sawe that they were no where ,
we came to Samuel .
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And Sauls vncle saide ,
Tell me ,
I pray thee ,
what Samuel said vnto you .
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Then Saul saide to his vncle ,
He tolde vs plainely that the asses were founde :
but concerning the kingdome whereof Samuel spake ,
tolde he him not .
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And Samuel (
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Both to declare to them their fault in asking a king ,
and also to show God '
s sentence in it .(:
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called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh ;
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And he saide vnto the children of Israel ,
Thus saith ye Lord God of Israel ,
I haue brought Israel out of Egypt ,
and deliuered you out of the hand of the Egyptians ,
and out of the handes of all kingdomes that troubled you .
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But ye haue this day cast away your God ,
who onely deliuereth you out of all your aduersities and tribulations :
and ye said vnto him ,
No ,
but appoint a King ouer vs .
Nowe therefore stand ye before the Lord according to your tribes ,
and according to your thousands .
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And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near ,
the tribe of Benjamin was (
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That is ,
by casting of lot .(:
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taken .
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Afterwarde he assembled the tribe of Beniamin according to their families ,
and the familie of Matri was taken .
So Saul the sonne of Kish was taken ,
and when they sought him ,
he coulde 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 (
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As though he were unworthy and unwilling .(:
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hath hid himself among the stuff .
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And they ranne ,
and brought him thence :
and when he stoode among the people ,
he was hier then any of the people from the shoulders vpwarde .
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And Samuel saide to all the people ,
See ye not him ,
whom the Lorde hath chosen ,
that there is none like him among all the people ?
and all the people shouted and saide ,
God saue the King .
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Then Samuel told the people (
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As it is written in (
Deu_17
:15 ).(:
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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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Saul also went home to Gibeah ,
and there followed him a bande of men ,
whose heart 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 (
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Both to avoid disputing and also to win them by patience .(:
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held his peace .