1 Samuel 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 hath
anointed thee to be
captain over his
inheritance? 2 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? 3 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: 4 And they
will salute thee, and
give thee
two loaves of
bread; which thou shalt
receive of their
hands. 5 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:
6 And the
Spirit of the
LORD will
come upon thee, and thou shalt
prophesy with them, and shalt be
turned into
another man. 7 And let it be, when these
signs are
come unto thee, that thou
do as
occasion serve thee; for
God is with thee.
8 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.
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 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.
11 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? 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? 13 And when he had made an
end of
prophesying, he
came to the high
place. 14 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. 15 And
Saul's uncle said,
Tell me, I pray thee, what
Samuel said unto you.
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 spake, he
told him not.
17 And
Samuel called the
people together unto the
LORD to
Mizpeh; 18 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:
19 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. 20 And when
Samuel had caused all the
tribes of
Israel to come
near, the
tribe of
Benjamin was
taken.
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.
22 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. 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. 24 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. 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. 26 And
Saul also
went home to
Gibeah; and there
went with him a band of
men, whose
hearts God had
touched.
27 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.