ASV_Strong : 1 Samuel 10
1. Then Samuel[H8050] took[H3947] the vial[H6378] of oil[H8081], and poured[H3332] it upon his head[H7218], and kissed[H5401] him[H559], and said, Is it not that Jehovah[H3068] hath anointed[H4886] thee to be prince[H5057] over his inheritance[H5159]?
2. When thou art departed[H3212] from me[H5978] to-day[H3117], then thou shalt find[H4672] two[H8147] men[H582] by Rachel[H7354]'s sepulchre[H6900], in the border[H1366] of Benjamin[H1144] at Zelzah[H6766]; and they will say[H559] unto thee[H860], The asses which thou wentest[H1980] to seek[H1245] are found[H4672]; and[H1], lo, thy father hath left[H5203] off caring[H1697] for the asses[H860], and is anxious[H1672] for you[H559], saying, What shall I do[H6213] for my son[H1121]?
3. Then shalt thou go on[H2498] forward[H1973] from thence[H935], and thou shalt come 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]:
4. and they will[H7592] salute[H7965] thee[H5414], and give thee two[H8147] loaves of bread[H3899], which thou shalt receive[H3947] of their hand[H3027].
5. 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[H935], when thou art come thither 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[H5012]; and they will be prophesying:
6. and the Spirit[H7307] of Jehovah[H3068] will come[H6743] mightily upon thee[H5012], and thou shalt prophesy with them[H2015], and shalt be turned into another[H312] man[H376].
7. And let it be[H226], when these signs are come[H935] unto thee[H6213], that thou do as occasion[H4672] shall serve[H3027] thee[H430]; for God is with thee.
8. And thou shalt go down[H3381] before[H6440] me to Gilgal[H1537]; and[H3381], behold, I will come down unto thee[H5927], to offer 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[H3045], and show thee what thou shalt do[H6213].
9. And it was so[H6437], that, when he had turned 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].
10. And when they came[H935] thither to the hill[H1389], behold[H2256], a band of prophets[H5030] met[H7125] him[H7307]; and the Spirit of God[H430] came[H6743] mightily upon him[H5012], and he prophesied among them[H8432].
11. And it came to pass[H3045], when all that knew him beforetime[H865] saw[H7200] that[H5012], behold, he prophesied 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]?
12. 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]?
13. And when he had made an end[H3615] of prophesying[H5012], he came[H935] to the high place[H1116].
14. And Saul[H7586]'s uncle[H1730] said[H559] unto him and to his servant[H5288], Whither[H575] went[H1980] ye[H559]? And he said, To seek[H1245] the asses[H860]; and when we saw[H7200] that they were not found[H369], we came[H935] to Samuel[H8050].
15. And Saul[H7586]'s uncle[H1730] said[H559], Tell[H5046] me[H8050], I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you[H559].
16. 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 him not[H5046].
17. And Samuel[H8050] called[H6817] the people[H5971] together unto Jehovah[H3068] to Mizpah[H4709];
18. 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 you[H3905]:
19. 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[H7760], Nay, but set a king[H4428] over us[H3320]. Now therefore present yourselves before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068] by your tribes[H7626], and by your thousands[H505].
20. So Samuel[H8050] brought all the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478] near[H7126], and the tribe[H7626] of Benjamin[H1144] was taken[H3920].
21. 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[H4672], he could not be found.
22. Therefore they asked[H7592] of Jehovah[H3068] further[H376], Is there yet a man to come[H935] hither[H1988]? And Jehovah[H3068] answered[H559], Behold[H2244], he hath hid himself among the baggage[H3627].
23. And they ran[H7323] and fetched[H3947] him thence[H3320]; and when he stood among[H8432] the people[H5971], he was higher[H1361] than any of the people[H5971] from his shoulders[H7926] and upward[H4605].
24. 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].
25. 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].
26. 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].
27. But certain worthless[H1100] fellows[H1121] said[H559], How shall this man save[H3467] us[H959]? And they despised him[H935], and brought him no present[H4503]. But he held his peace[H2790].
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