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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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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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And they will salute thee, and give
thee two
loaves
of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.
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 L
ORD
will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be
turned into another man.
7
And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee,
that
thou do as
occasion serve thee; for God
is
with thee.
8
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 shew 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.
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?
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.
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.
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 L
ORD
to Mizpeh;
18
And said unto the children
of Israel, Thus saith the L
ORD
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 L
ORD
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 enquired
of the L
ORD
further, if the man should yet come thither. And the L
ORD
answered, Behold, he hath
hid himself among the stuff.
23
And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among
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