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It was so ,
that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel ,
God gave him another heart :
and all those signs happened that day .
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When they came there to the hill ,
behold ,
a band of prophets met him ;
and the Spirit of God came mightily on him ,
and he prophesied among them .
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It happened ,
when all who knew him before saw that ,
behold ,
he prophesied with the prophets ,
then the people said one to another , "
What is this that has come to the son of Kish ?
Is Saul also among the prophets ?"
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One of the same place answered , "
Who is their father ?"
Therefore it became a proverb , "
Is Saul also among the prophets ?"
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When he had made an end of prophesying ,
he came to the high place .
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Saul '
s uncle said to him and to his servant , "
Where did you go ?"
He said , "
To seek the donkeys .
When we saw that they were not found ,
we came to Samuel ."
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Saul '
s uncle said , "
Please tell me what Samuel said to you ."
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Saul said to his uncle , "
He told us plainly that the donkeys were found ."
But concerning the matter of the kingdom ,
of which Samuel spoke ,
he didn '
t tell him .
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Samuel called the people together to Yahweh to Mizpah ;
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and he said to the children of Israel , "
Thus says Yahweh ,
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 :'
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but you have this day rejected your God ,
who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses ;
and you have said to him , '
No !
Set a king over us .'
Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes ,
and by your thousands ."
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So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near ,
and the tribe of Benjamin was taken .
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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 .
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Therefore they asked of Yahweh further , "
Is there yet a man to come here ?"
Yahweh answered , "
Behold ,
he has hidden himself among the baggage ."
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They ran and fetched him there ;
and when he stood among the people ,
he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward .
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Samuel said to all the people , "
You see him whom Yahweh has chosen ,
that there is none like him among all the people ?"
All the people shouted ,
and said , "
Let the king live !"
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Then Samuel told the people the regulations of the kingdom ,
and wrote it in a book ,
and laid it up before Yahweh .
Samuel sent all the people away ,
every man to his house .
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Saul also went to his house to Gibeah ;
and there went with him the army ,
whose hearts God had touched .
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But certain worthless fellows said , "
How shall this man save us ?"
They despised him ,
and brought him no present .
But he held his peace .