And they will salute thee, and give thee two [loaves] of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands (10:4)

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: (10:5)

And the spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man (10:6)

And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, [that] thou do as occasion serve thee; for God [is] with thee (10:7)

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 (10:8)

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 (10:9)

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 (10:10)

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? (10:11)

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? (10:12)

And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place (10:13)

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 (10:14)

And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you (10:15)

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 (10:16)

And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord to Mizpeh; (10:17)

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: (10:18)

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 (10:19)

And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken (10:20)

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 (10:21)

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 (10:22)

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 (10:23)

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 (10:24)

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 (10:25)

And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched (10:26)

But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace (10:27)

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