<vn='1'>Then <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="6378">vial</s> of <sn="8081">oil</s>, and <sn="3332">poured</s> it <sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="7218">head</s>, and <sn="5401">kissed</s> him, and <sn="559">said</s>, Is it <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="4886">anointed</s> thee to be <sn="5057">captain</s><sn="5921">over</s> his <sn="5159">inheritance</s>? </v>
<vn='2'>When thou art <sn="1980">departed</s><sn="4480 5973">from</s> me <sn="3117">today</s>, then thou shalt <sn="4672">find</s><sn="8147">two</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="5973">by</s><sn="7354">Rachel</s> 's <sn="6900">sepulcher</s> in the <sn="1366">border</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s> at <sn="6766">Zelzah</s>; and they will <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee, The <sn="860">asses</s><sn="834">which</s> thou <sn="1980">wentest</s> to <sn="1245">seek</s> are <sn="4672">found</s>: and, <sn="2009">lo</s>, thy <sn="1">father</s> hath <sn="5203">left</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">care</s> of the <sn="860">asses</s>, and <sn="1672">sorroweth</s> for you, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> shall I <sn="6213">do</s> for my <sn="1121">son</s>? </v>
<vn='3'>Then shalt thou go <sn="2498">on</s><sn="1973">forward</s> from <sn="4480 8033">thence</s>, and thou shalt <sn="935">come</s><sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="436">plain</s> of <sn="8396">Tabor</s>, and <sn="8033">there</s> shall <sn="4672">meet</s> thee <sn="7969">three</s><sn="376">men</s> going <sn="5927">up</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="430">God</s> to <sn="1008">Bethel</s>, <sn="259">one</s><sn="5375">carrying</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="1423">kids</s>, and <sn="259">another</s><sn="5375">carrying</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="3603">loaves</s> of <sn="3899">bread</s>, and <sn="259">another</s><sn="5375">carrying</s> a <sn="5035">bottle</s> of <sn="3196">wine</s>: </v>
<vn='4'>And they will <sn="7592 7965">salute</s> thee, and <sn="5414">give</s> thee <sn="8147">two</s> loaves of <sn="3899">bread</s>; which thou shalt <sn="3947">receive</s> of their <sn="4480 3027">hands</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>After <sn="310 3651">that</s> thou shalt <sn="935">come</s> to the <sn="1389">hill</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="834 8033">where</s> is the <sn="5333">garrison</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>: and it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when thou art <sn="935">come</s><sn="8033">thither</s> to the <sn="5892">city</s>, that thou shalt <sn="6293">meet</s> a <sn="2256">company</s> of <sn="5030">prophets</s> coming <sn="3381">down</s> from the high <sn="4480 1116">place</s> with a <sn="5035">psaltery</s>, and a <sn="8596">tabret</s>, and a <sn="2485">pipe</s>, and a <sn="3658">harp</s>, <sn="6440">before</s> them; and <sn="1992">they</s> shall <sn="5012">prophesy</s>: </v>
<vn='6'>And the <sn="7307">Spirit</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> will <sn="6743">come</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thee, and thou shalt <sn="5012">prophesy</s> with <sn="5973">them</s>, and shalt be <sn="2015">turned</s> into <sn="312">another</s><sn="376">man</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And let it <sn="1961">be</s>, <sn="3588">when</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="226">signs</s> are <sn="935">come</s> unto thee, that thou <sn="6213">do</s> as occasion <sn="834 4672 3027">serve</s> thee; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="430">God</s> is <sn="5973">with</s> thee. </v>
<vn='8'>And thou shalt go <sn="3381">down</s><sn="6440">before</s> me to <sn="1537">Gilgal</s>; and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="595">I</s> will come <sn="3381">down</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee, to <sn="5927">offer</s> burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s>, and to <sn="2076">sacrifice</s><sn="2077">sacrifices</s> of peace <sn="8002">offerings</s>: <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3117">days</s> shalt thou <sn="3176">tarry</s>, <sn="5704">till</s> I <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">to</s> thee, and <sn="3045">show</s> thee <sn="*853"></s><sn="834">what</s> thou shalt <sn="6213">do</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And it <sn="1961">was</s> so, that when he had <sn="6437">turned</s> his <sn="7926">back</s> to <sn="1980">go</s><sn="4480 5973">from</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>, <sn="430">God</s><sn="2015">gave</s> him <sn="312">another</s><sn="3820">heart</s>: and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">those</s><sn="226">signs</s> came to <sn="935">pass</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And when they <sn="935">came</s><sn="8033">thither</s> to the <sn="1389">hill</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, a <sn="2256">company</s> of <sn="5030">prophets</s><sn="7125">met</s> him; and the <sn="7307">Spirit</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="6743">came</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him, and he <sn="5012">prophesied</s><sn="8432">among</s> them. </v>
<vn='11'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="3605">all</s> that <sn="3045">knew</s> him <sn="4480 865 8032">formerly</s><sn="7200">saw</s> that, <sn="2009">behold</s>, he <sn="5012">prophesied</s><sn="5973">among</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s>, then the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="376">one</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="7453">another</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> is <sn="2088">this</s> that is <sn="1961">come</s> unto the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="7027">Kish</s>? Is <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="1571">also</s> among the <sn="5030">prophets</s>? </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="376">one</s> of the same <sn="4480 8033">place</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, But <sn="4310">who</s> is their <sn="1">father</s>? <sn="5921 3651">Therefore</s> it <sn="1961">became</s> a <sn="4912">proverb</s>, Is <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="1571">also</s> among the <sn="5030">prophets</s>? </v>
<vn='13'>And when he had made an <sn="3615">end</s> of <sn="4480 5012">prophesying</s>, he <sn="935">came</s> to the high <sn="1116">place</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s> 's <sn="1730">uncle</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him and <sn="413">to</s> his <sn="5288">servant</s>, <sn="575">Whither</s><sn="1980">went</s> ye? And he <sn="559">said</s>, To <sn="1245">seek</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="860">asses</s>: and when we <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> they were no <sn="369">where</s>, we <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="1730">uncle</s>, He told us <sn="5046 5046">plainly</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="860">asses</s> were <sn="4672">found</s>. But of the <sn="1697">matter</s> of the <sn="4410">kingdom</s>, <sn="834">whereof</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">spoke</s>, he <sn="5046">told</s> him <sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s> called the people <sn="6817 *853 5971">together</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> to <sn="4709">Mizpeh</s>; </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="595">I</s> brought <sn="5927">up</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> out of <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>, and <sn="5337">delivered</s> you out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of the <sn="4714">Egyptians</s>, and out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of <sn="3605">all</s><sn="4467">kingdoms</s>, and of them that <sn="3905">oppressed</s> you: </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="859">ye</s> have this <sn="3117">day</s><sn="3988">rejected</s><sn="*853"></s> your <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="834">who</s><sn="1931">himself</s><sn="3467">saved</s> you out of <sn="4480 3605">all</s> your <sn="7451">adversities</s> and your <sn="6869">tribulations</s>; and ye have <sn="559">said</s> unto him, Nay, <sn="3588">but</s><sn="7760">set</s> a <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s> us. <sn="6258">Now</s> therefore present <sn="3320">yourselves</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> by your <sn="7626">tribes</s>, and by your <sn="505">thousands</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And when <sn="8050">Samuel</s> had caused <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> to come <sn="7126">near</s>, the <sn="7626">tribe</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s> was <sn="3920">taken</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>When he had caused <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7626">tribe</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s> to come <sn="7126">near</s> by their <sn="4940">families</s>, the <sn="4940">family</s> of <sn="4309">Matri</s> was <sn="3920">taken</s>, and <sn="7586">Saul</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="7027">Kish</s> was <sn="3920">taken</s>: and when they <sn="1245">sought</s> him, he could <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="4672">found</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Therefore they <sn="7592">inquired</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5750">further</s>, if the <sn="376">man</s> should <sn="5750">yet</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="1988">thither</s>. And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">answered</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> hath hid <sn="2244">himself</s><sn="413">among</s> the <sn="3627">stuff</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And they <sn="7323">ran</s> and <sn="3947">fetched</s> him <sn="4480 8033">thence</s>: and when he <sn="3320">stood</s><sn="8432">among</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, he was <sn="1361">higher</s> than <sn="4480 3605">any</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s> from his <sn="4480 7926">shoulders</s> and <sn="4605">upward</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="7200">See</s> ye him <sn="834">whom</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="977">chosen</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> there is <sn="369">none</s> like <sn="3644">him</s> among <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>? And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="7321">shouted</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, God <sn="2421">save</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>Then <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="1696 413">told</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4941">manner</s> of the <sn="4410">kingdom</s>, and <sn="3789">wrote</s> it in a <sn="5612">book</s>, and laid it <sn="5117">up</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> away, every <sn="376">man</s> to his <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="1980">went</s><sn="1004">home</s> to <sn="1390">Gibeah</s>; and there <sn="1980">went</s><sn="5973">with</s> him a band of <sn="2428">men</s>, <sn="834">whose</s><sn="3820">hearts</s><sn="430">God</s> had <sn="5060">touched</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>But the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1100">Belial</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">How</s> shall <sn="2088">this</s> man <sn="3467">save</s> us? And they <sn="959">despised</s> him, and <sn="935">brought</s> him <sn="3808">no</s><sn="4503">presents</s>. But he held his <sn="2790">peace</s>. </v>