09:010:012 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?
09:010:013 And when he had made an end of prophesying,
he came to the
high
place.
09:010:014 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.
09:010:015 And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I
pray thee, what Samuel said
unto
you.
09:010:016 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.
09:010:017 And Samuel called the people together unto the lord to Mizpeh;
09:010:018 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:
09:010:019 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.
09:010:020 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes
of Israel to come
near,
the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
09:010:021 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.
09:010:022 Therefore they enquired of the lord
further, if the man should
yet
come thither. And the lord answered, Behold
he hath hid
himself
among the stuff.
09:010:023 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.
09:010:024 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.
09:010:025 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.
09:010:026 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and
there went with him a
band
of men, whose hearts God had touched.
09:010:027 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.


