1 Samuel 10:20

20 Then Samuel brought all the Israelite tribes forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.

1 Samuel 10:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 10:20

And when Samuel had caused all the tribes to come near
The heads and representatives of them, to the place where the lots were cast:

the tribe of Benjamin was taken;
the lot fell upon that tribe for the choice of a king out of it; not the tribe of, Reuben, who was the firstborn, nor the tribe of Judah, to whom the kingdom was promised, but the tribe of Benjamin, the least of all the tribes, and which sprung from the youngest son of Jacob, contrary, as it were probable, to the expectation of all.

1 Samuel 10:20 In-Context

18 Then he told the Israelites: "This is what the LORD God of Israel says: I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the Egyptians' power and from the power of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.

19 But today you've rejected your God who saved you from all your troubles and difficulties by saying, ‘No! Appoint a king over us!' So now assemble yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans."

20 Then Samuel brought all the Israelite tribes forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.

21 Next Samuel brought the tribe of Benjamin forward by its families, and the family of Matri was selected. Samuel then brought the family of Matri forward, person by person, and Saul, Kish's son, was selected. But when they looked for him, he wasn't to be found.

22 So they asked another question of the LORD: "Has the man come here yet?" The LORD said, "Yes, he's hiding among the supplies."