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I SAMUEL ยท Chapter 10
10:1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and
kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD has anointed you to be
captain over his inheritance?
10:2 When you are departed from me to day, then you shall find two
men by Rachel's tomb in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will
say unto you, The asses which you went to seek are found: and, lo, your
father has left the care of the asses, and sorrows for you, saying, What
shall I do for my son?
10:3 Then shall you go on forward from thence, and you shall come to
the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet you 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:
10:4 And they will salute you, and give you two loaves of bread; which
you shall receive of their hands.
10:5 After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison
of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when you are come thither
to the city, that you shall meet a company of prophets coming down from
the high place with a psaltery, and a timbrel, and a pipe, and a harp,
before them; and they shall prophesy:
10:6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you, and you shall prophesy
with them, and shall be turned into another man.
10:7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto you, that you do
as occasion serve you; for God is with you.
10:8 And you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will
come down unto you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices
of peace offerings: seven days shall you tarry, till I come to you, and
show you what you shall do.
10:9 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.
10:10 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.
10:11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him in time past saw
that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one
to another, What is this that has come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also
among the prophets?
10:12 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?
10:13 And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high
place.
10:14 And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Where went
all of you? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that
they were no where, we came to Samuel.
10:15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray you, what Samuel said
unto you.
10:16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses
were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spoke, he
told him not.
10:17 And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;
10:18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus says 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:
10:19 And all of you have this day rejected your God, who himself saved
you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and all of you 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.
10:20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near,
the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
10:21 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.
10:22 Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should
yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold he has hid himself among
the stuff.
10:23 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.
10:24 And Samuel said to all the people, See all of you him whom the
LORD has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And
all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
10:25 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.
10:26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a
band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
10:27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us?
And they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace.
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