Then Samuel{H8050} took{H3947} the vial{H6378} of oil,{H8081} and poured{H3332} it upon his head,{H7218} and kissed{H5401} him, and said,{H559} Is it not that Jehovah{H3068} hath anointed{H4886} thee to be prince{H5057} over his inheritance?{H5159}

When thou art departed{H3212} from me{H5978} to-day,{H3117} then thou shalt find{H4672} two{H8147} men{H582} by Rachel's{H7354} sepulchre,{H6900} in the border{H1366} of Benjamin{H1144} at Zelzah;{H6766} and they will say{H559} unto thee, The asses{H860} which thou wentest{H1980} to seek{H1245} are found;{H4672} and, lo, thy father{H1} hath left{H5203} off caring{H1697} for the asses,{H860} and is anxious{H1672} for you, saying,{H559} What shall I do{H6213} for my son?{H1121}

Then shalt thou go on{H2498} forward{H1973} from thence, and thou shalt come{H935} to the oak{H436} of Tabor;{H8396} and there shall meet{H4672} thee there three{H7969} men{H582} going up{H5927} to God{H430} to Beth-el,{H1008} one{H259} carrying{H5375} three{H7969} kids,{H1423} and another{H259} carrying{H5375} three{H7969} loaves{H3603} of bread,{H3899} and another{H259} carrying{H5375} a bottle{H5035} of wine:{H3196}

and they will{H7592} salute{H7965} thee, and give{H5414} thee two{H8147} loaves of bread,{H3899} which thou shalt receive{H3947} of their hand.{H3027}

After{H310} that thou shalt come{H935} to the hill{H1389} of God,{H430} where is the garrison{H5333} of the Philistines:{H6430} and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither{H935} to the city,{H5892} that thou shalt meet{H6293} a band{H2256} of prophets{H5030} coming down{H3381} from the high place{H1116} with a psaltery,{H5035} and a timbrel,{H8596} and a pipe,{H2485} and a harp,{H3658} before{H6440} them; and they will be prophesying:{H5012}

and the Spirit{H7307} of Jehovah{H3068} will come{H6743} mightily upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy{H5012} with them, and shalt be turned{H2015} into another{H312} man.{H376}

And let it be, when these signs{H226} are come{H935} unto thee, that thou do{H6213} as occasion{H4672} shall serve{H3027} thee; for God{H430} is with thee.

And thou shalt go down{H3381} before{H6440} me to Gilgal;{H1537} and, behold, I will come down{H3381} unto thee, to offer{H5927} burnt-offerings,{H5930} and to sacrifice{H2076} sacrifices{H2076} of peace-offerings:{H5930} seven{H7651} days{H3117} shalt thou tarry,{H3176} till I come{H935} unto thee, and show{H3045} thee what thou shalt do.{H6213}

And it was so, that, when he had turned{H6437} his back{H7926} to go{H3212} from Samuel,{H8050} God{H430} gave{H2015} him another{H312} heart:{H3820} and all those signs{H226} came{H935} to pass that day.{H3117}

And when they came{H935} thither to the hill,{H1389} behold, a band{H2256} of prophets{H5030} met{H7125} him; and the Spirit{H7307} of God{H430} came{H6743} mightily upon him, and he prophesied{H5012} among{H8432} them.

And it came to pass, when all that knew{H3045} him beforetime{H865} saw{H7200} that, behold, he prophesied{H5012} with the prophets,{H5030} then the people{H5971} said{H559} one{H376} to another,{H7453} What is this that is come unto the son{H1121} of Kish?{H7027} Is Saul{H7586} also among the prophets?{H5030}

And one{H376} of the same place answered{H6030} and said,{H559} And who is their father?{H1} Therefore it became a proverb,{H4912} Is Saul{H7586} also among the prophets?{H5030}

And when he had made an end{H3615} of prophesying,{H5012} he came{H935} to the high place.{H1116}

And Saul's{H7586} uncle{H1730} said{H559} unto him and to his servant,{H5288} Whither{H575} went{H1980} ye? And he said,{H559} To seek{H1245} the asses;{H860} and when we saw{H7200} that they were not found,{H369} we came{H935} to Samuel.{H8050}

And Saul's{H7586} uncle{H1730} said,{H559} Tell{H5046} me, I pray thee, what Samuel{H8050} said{H559} unto you.

And Saul{H7586} said{H559} unto his uncle,{H1730} He told{H5046} us plainly{H5046} that the asses{H860} were found.{H4672} But concerning the matter{H1697} of the kingdom,{H4410} whereof Samuel{H8050} spake,{H559} he told{H5046} him not.

And Samuel{H8050} called{H6817} the people{H5971} together unto Jehovah{H3068} to Mizpah;{H4709}

and he said{H559} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} I brought up{H5927} Israel{H3478} out of Egypt,{H4714} and I delivered{H5337} you out of the hand{H3027} of the Egyptians,{H4714} and out of the hand{H3027} of all the kingdoms{H4467} that oppressed{H3905} you:

but ye have this day{H3117} rejected{H3988} your God,{H430} who himself saveth{H3467} you out of all your calamities{H7451} and your distresses;{H6869} and ye have said{H559} unto him, [Nay], but set{H7760} a king{H4428} over us. Now therefore present{H3320} yourselves before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} by your tribes,{H7626} and by your thousands.{H505}

So Samuel{H8050} brought all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} near,{H7126} and the tribe{H7626} of Benjamin{H1144} was taken.{H3920}

And he brought the tribe{H7626} of Benjamin{H1144} near{H7126} by their families;{H4940} and the family{H4940} of the Matrites{H4309} was taken;{H3920} and Saul{H7586} the son{H1121} of Kish{H7027} was taken:{H3920} but when they sought{H1245} him, he could not be found.{H4672}

Therefore they asked{H7592} of Jehovah{H3068} further, Is there yet a man{H376} to come{H935} hither?{H1988} And Jehovah{H3068} answered,{H559} Behold, he hath hid{H2244} himself among the baggage.{H3627}

And they ran{H7323} and fetched{H3947} him thence; and when he stood{H3320} among{H8432} the people,{H5971} he was higher{H1361} than any of the people{H5971} from his shoulders{H7926} and upward.{H4605}

And Samuel{H8050} said{H559} to all the people,{H5971} See{H7200} ye him whom Jehovah{H3068} hath chosen,{H977} that there is none like him along all the people?{H5971} And all the people{H5971} shouted,{H7321} and said,{H559} [Long] live{H2421} the king.{H4428}

Then Samuel{H8050} told{H1696} the people{H5971} the manner{H4941} of the kingdom,{H4410} and wrote{H3789} it in a book,{H5612} and laid it up{H3240} before{H6440} Jehovah.{H3068} And Samuel{H8050} sent{H7971} all the people{H5971} away,{H7971} every man{H376} to his house.{H1004}

And Saul{H7586} also went{H1980} to his house{H1004} to Gibeah;{H1390} and there went{H3212} with him the host,{H2428} whose hearts{H3820} God{H430} had touched.{H5060}

But certain worthless{H1100} fellows{H1121} said,{H559} How shall this man save{H3467} us? And they despised{H959} him, and brought{H935} him no present.{H4503} But he held his peace.{H2790}