Saul among Prophets
1
Then
Samuel took the
flask of
oil,
poured it on his
head,
kissed him and
said, "Has not the
LORD anointed you a
ruler over His
inheritance ?
2
"When you
go from me
today, then you will
find two men close to
Rachel's tomb in the
territory of
Benjamin at
Zelzah ; and they will
say to you, ' The
donkeys which you
went to
look for have been
found. Now
behold, your
father has
ceased to be
concerned about the
donkeys and is
anxious for you,
saying,
"What shall I
do about my
son ?"'
4
and they will
greet * you and
give you
two loaves of
bread, which you will
accept from their
hand.
5
"Afterward * you will
come to the
hill of
God where * the
Philistine garrison is; and it shall be as soon as you have
come there to the
city, that you will
meet a
group of
prophets coming down from the
high place with
harp,
tambourine,
flute, and a
lyre before them, and they will be
prophesying.
6
"Then the
Spirit of the
LORD will
come upon you
mightily, and you shall
prophesy with them and be
changed into
another man.
7
"It shall be
when these signs come to you,
do for yourself
what the
occasion requires, for
God is with you.
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8
"And you shall
go down before me to
Gilgal ; and
behold, I will
come down to you to
offer burnt offerings and
sacrifice peace offerings. You shall
wait seven days until I
come to you and
show you
what you should
do."
10
When they
came to the
hill there,
behold, a
group of
prophets met him; and the
Spirit of
God came upon him
mightily, so that he
prophesied among them.
11
It
came about, when
all who
knew him
previously#
stxa saw that he
prophesied now with the
prophets, that the
people said to
one another,
"What has
happened to the
son of
Kish ? Is
Saul also among the
prophets ?"
12
A
man there * said, "Now,
who is their
father ?"
Therefore * it
became a
proverb : " Is
Saul also among the
prophets ?"
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14
Now
Saul's uncle said to him and his
servant,
"Where did you
go ?" And he
said, " To
look for the
donkeys. When we
saw that they could not be
found, we
went to
Samuel."
16
So
Saul said to his
uncle, " He
told us
plainly that the
donkeys had been
found." But he did not
tell him about the
matter of the
kingdom which Samuel had
mentioned.
Saul Publicly Chosen King
18
and he
said to the
sons of
Israel, "
Thus says the
LORD, the
God of
Israel, 'I
brought Israel up from
Egypt, and I
delivered you from the
hand of the
Egyptians and from the
power of
all the
kingdoms that were
oppressing you.'
19
"But you have
today rejected your
God,
who delivers you from
all your
calamities and your
distresses ; yet you have
said,
'No, but
set a
king over us!'
Now therefore,
present yourselves
before the
LORD by your
tribes and by your
clans."
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21
Then he
brought the
tribe of
Benjamin near by its
families, and the
Matrite family was
taken. And
Saul the
son of
Kish was
taken ; but when they
looked for him, he could not be
found.
22
Therefore they
inquired further of the
LORD, "Has the
man come here yet ?" So the
LORD said,
"Behold, he is
hiding himself by the
baggage."
23
So they
ran and
took him from
there, and when he
stood among the
people, he was
taller than any of the
people from his
shoulders upward.
24
Samuel said to
all the
people, "Do you
see him
whom the
LORD has
chosen ?
Surely there is
no one like him among
all the
people." So
all the
people shouted and
said, " Long
live the
king !"
27
But certain
worthless men said,
"How can
this one deliver us?" And they
despised him and did not
bring him any
present. But he
kept silent.