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Chapter 10 |
| 1 | Then Samuel
took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is
it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his
inheritance? |
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| When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt
find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and
they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and,
lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying,
What shall I do for my son? |
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3 | Then shalt thou go on forward from
thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee
three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another
carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
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| 4 | And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou
shalt receive of their hands. |
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5 | After that thou shalt come to the hill
of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass,
when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of
prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a
pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: |
| 6 | And the Spirit
of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt
be turned into another man. |
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7 | And let it be, when these signs are
come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with
thee. |
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And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I
will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices
of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and show
thee what thou shalt do. |
| 9 | And it was so, that when he had turned his
back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to
pass that day. |
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10 | And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a
company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he
prophesied among them. |
| 11 | And it came to pass, when all that knew him
beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people
said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul
also among the prophets? |
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12 | And one of the same place answered and
said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also
among the prophets? |
| 13 | And when he had made an end of prophesying,
he came to the high place. |
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14 | And Saul's uncle said unto him and to
his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw
that they were no where, we came to Samuel. |
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15 | And Saul's uncle said,
Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. |
| 16 | And Saul
said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the
matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not. |
| 17 | And
Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh; |
| 18 | And said
unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up
Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and
out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: |
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And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your
adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a
king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes,
and by your thousands. |
| 20 | And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of
Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. |
| 21 | When he had
caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of
Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him,
he could not be found. |
| 22 | Therefore they inquired of the LORD further,
if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold he hath hid
himself among the stuff. |
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23 | And they ran and fetched him thence:
and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from
his shoulders and upward. |
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24 | And Samuel said to all the people, See
ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the
people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king. |
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Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book,
and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man
to his house. |
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26 | And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went
with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. |
| 27 | But the
children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and
brought no presents. But he held his peace. |
