﻿1 Samuel.
Chapter 10.
Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it on his head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you as ruler over his inheritance? 
When you leave me today, you will meet two men beside Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you went to look for have been found. Your father has stopped concerning himself with the donkeys and is anxious about you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?”’ 
Go on from there and come to the oak of Tabor. There three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you: one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine. 
They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you are to accept from their hands. 
After that you will come to the hill of God, where the Philistine garrisons are. When you enter the city there, you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre. They will be prophesying. 
The Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be changed into another man. 
When these signs come to you, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you. 
Go down ahead of me to Gilgal. I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and tell you what you are to do.” 
When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart, and all these signs came to pass that day. 
When they came there to the hill, a band of prophets met him. The Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied among them. 
When all who had known him before saw him prophesying with the prophets, the people said to one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?” 
A man from there answered, “And who is their father?” So it became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?” 
When he finished prophesying, he went to the high place. 
Saul’s uncle said to him and his servant, “Where did you go?” He said, “To look for the donkeys. When we saw that they were nowhere to be found, we went to Samuel.” 
Saul’s uncle said, “Please tell me what Samuel said to you.” 
Saul said to his uncle, “He plainly told us that the donkeys had been found.” But he did not tell him what Samuel had said about the kingship. 
Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah. 
He said to the Israelites, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: ‘I brought Israel up from Egypt and delivered you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’ 
But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and distresses, and you have said to him, ‘Appoint a king over us.’ Now present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and your clans.” 
Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen. 
He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its clans, and the clan of the Matrites was chosen. Saul son of Kish was chosen, but when they looked for him, he could not be found. 
They inquired of the LORD again, “Has the man come here yet?” The LORD said, “He is hiding among the baggage.” 
They ran and brought him from there. He stood among the people, and from his shoulders upward he was taller than all the people. 
Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is none like him among all the people.” All the people shouted, “Long live the king!” 
Samuel told the people the regulations of kingship, wrote them in a book, and laid it before the LORD. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home. 
Saul also went home to Gibeah, and the warriors whose hearts God had touched went with him. 
But worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” They despised him and brought him no gift, but he remained silent. 
