1 Samuel 9:15-21

New King James Version

^15 (A)Now the Lord had told Samuel in his ear the day before Saul came, saying, ¹⁶ “Tomorrow about this time ^(B)I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, ^(C)and you shall anoint him ^[a]commander over My people Israel, that he may save My people from the hand of the Philistines; for I have ^(D)looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”

¹⁷ So when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him, ^(E)“There he is, the man of whom I spoke to you. This one shall reign over My people.” ¹⁸ Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, “Please tell me, where is the seer’s house?”

¹⁹ Samuel answered Saul and said, “I am the seer. Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today; and tomorrow I will let you go and will tell you all that is in your heart. ²⁰ But as for ^(F)your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not be anxious about them, for they have been found. And ^[b]on whom ^(G)is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on you and on all your father’s house?”

²¹ And Saul answered and said, ^(H)“Am I not a Benjamite, of the ^(I)smallest of the tribes of Israel, and ^(J)my family the least of all the families of the ^[c]tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak like this to me?”