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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], but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
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So Shemu'el brought all the tribes of Yisra'el near, and the tribe of Binyamin was taken.
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He brought the tribe of Binyamin near by their families; and the family of the Matri was taken; and Sha'ul the son of Kish was taken: but when they sought him, he could not be found.
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Therefore they asked of the LORD further, Is there yet a man to come here? the LORD answered, Behold, he has hid 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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Shemu'el said to all the people, "You see him whom the LORD has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?" All the people shouted, and said, [Long] live the king.
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Then Shemu'el told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. Shemu'el sent all the people away, every man to his house.
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Sha'ul also went to his house to Gevah; and there went with him the host, 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 shalom.