Samuel Anoints Saul

10 Then (A)Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head, (B)and kissed him and said: “Is it not because (C)the Lord has anointed you commander over (D)His [a]inheritance? When you have departed from me today, you will find two men by (E)Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin (F)at Zelzah; and they will say to you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. And now your father has ceased caring about the donkeys and is worrying about (G)you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?” ’ Then you shall go on forward from there and come to the terebinth tree of Tabor. There three men going up (H)to God at Bethel will meet you, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine. And they will [b]greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive from their hands. After that you shall come to the hill of God (I)where the Philistine garrison is. And it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down (J)from the high place with a stringed instrument, a tambourine, a flute, and a harp before them; (K)and they will be prophesying. Then (L)the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you, and (M)you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man. And let it be, when these (N)signs come to you, that you do as the occasion demands; for (O)God is with you. You shall go down before me (P)to Gilgal; and surely I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and make sacrifices of peace offerings. (Q)Seven days you shall wait, till I come to you and show you what you should do.”

So it was, when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, that God [c]gave him another heart; and all those signs came to pass that day. 10 (R)When they came there to the hill, there was (S)a group of prophets to meet him; then the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. 11 And it happened, when all who knew him formerly saw that he indeed prophesied among the prophets, that the people said to one another, “What is this that has come upon the son of Kish? (T)Is Saul also among the prophets?” 12 Then a man from there answered and said, “But (U)who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?” 13 And when he had finished prophesying, he went to the high place.

14 Then Saul’s (V)uncle said to him and his servant, “Where did you go?”

So he said, “To look for the donkeys. When we saw that they were nowhere to be found, we went to Samuel.”

15 And Saul’s uncle said, “Tell me, please, what Samuel said to you.”

16 So Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the donkeys had been (W)found.” But about the matter of the kingdom, he did not tell him what Samuel had said.

Saul Proclaimed King

17 Then Samuel called the people together (X)to the Lord (Y)at Mizpah, 18 and said to the children of Israel, (Z)“Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all kingdoms and from those who oppressed you.’ 19 (AA)But you have today rejected your God, who Himself saved you from all your adversities and your tribulations; and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us!’ Now therefore, present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your [d]clans.”

20 And when Samuel had (AB)caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was chosen. 21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was chosen. And Saul the son of Kish was chosen. But when they sought him, he could not be found. 22 Therefore they (AC)inquired of the Lord further, “Has the man come here yet?”

And the Lord answered, “There he is, hidden among the equipment.”

23 So they ran and brought him from there; and when he stood among the people, (AD)he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward. 24 And Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him (AE)whom the Lord has chosen, that there is no one like him among all the people?”

So all the people shouted and said, (AF)“Long[e] live the king!”

25 Then Samuel explained to the people (AG)the behavior of royalty, 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. 26 And Saul also went home (AH)to Gibeah; and valiant men went with him, whose hearts God had touched. 27 (AI)But some (AJ)rebels said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him, (AK)and brought him no presents. But he [f]held his peace.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 10:1 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX people Israel; and you shall rule the people of the Lord; LXX, Vg. add And you shall deliver His people from the hands of their enemies all around them. And this shall be a sign to you, that God has anointed you to be a prince.
  2. 1 Samuel 10:4 ask you about your welfare
  3. 1 Samuel 10:9 changed his heart
  4. 1 Samuel 10:19 Lit. thousands
  5. 1 Samuel 10:24 Lit. May the king live
  6. 1 Samuel 10:27 kept silent

Saul among the Prophets

10 Then (A)Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it on [a]Saul’s head, (B)kissed him, and said, “Has (C)the Lord not anointed you as ruler over (D)His inheritance? When you leave me today, then you will find two men close to (E)Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, ‘(F)The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. Now behold, your father has stopped talking about the donkeys and is anxious about you, saying, “What am I to do about my son?”’ Then you will go on farther from there, and you will come as far as the [b](G)oak of Tabor, and there three men going up (H)to God at Bethel will meet you: one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a jug of wine. And they will [c]greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hand. Afterward you will come to [d](I)the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is; and it shall be as soon as you have come there to the city, that you will meet (J)a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and a lyre in front of them, and (K)they will be prophesying. Then (L)the Spirit of the Lord will rush upon you, and (M)you will prophesy with them and be changed into a different man. And it shall be when these signs come to you, (N)do for yourself what [e]the occasion requires, because (O)God is with you. And (P)you shall go down ahead of me to Gilgal; and behold, I will be coming down to you to offer burnt offerings and (Q)sacrifice peace offerings. (R)You shall wait seven days until I come to you and inform you of what you should do.”

Then it happened, when he turned his back to leave Samuel, that God (S)changed [f]his heart; and all those signs came about on that day. 10 (T)When they came there to [g]the hill, behold, a group of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God rushed upon him, so that he prophesied among them. 11 And it came about, when all who previously knew him saw that he was indeed prophesying with the prophets, that the people said to one another, “What is this that has happened to the son of Kish? (U)Is Saul also among the prophets?” 12 And a man from there responded and said, “And who is their father?” Therefore it became a saying: “(V)Is Saul also among the prophets?” 13 When he had finished prophesying, he came to the high place.

14 Now (W)Saul’s uncle said to him and his servant, “Where did you go?” And he said, “(X)To look for the donkeys. When we saw that they were nowhere to be found, we went to Samuel.” 15 Saul’s uncle said, “Please tell me what Samuel said to you.” 16 So Saul said to his uncle, “(Y)He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found.” But he did not tell him about the matter of the kingdom which Samuel had mentioned.

Saul Publicly Chosen King

17 Now Samuel called the (Z)people together to the Lord at Mizpah; 18 and he said to the sons of Israel, “(AA)This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘I brought Israel up from Egypt, and I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the [h]power of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’ 19 But today you (AB)have rejected your God, who saves you from all your catastrophes and your distresses; yet you have [i]said, ‘No, but put a king over us!’ Now then, (AC)present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your [j]groups of thousands.”

20 So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel forward; and the tribe of Benjamin was selected by lot. 21 Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin forward by its families, and the Matrite family was selected by lot. And Saul the son of Kish was selected by lot; but when they looked for him, he could not be found. 22 Therefore (AD)they inquired further of the Lord: “Has the man come here yet?” And the Lord said, “Behold, he is hiding himself among the baggage.” 23 So they ran and took him from there, and when he stood among the people, (AE)he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward. 24 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him (AF)whom the Lord has chosen? Surely there is no one like him among all the people.” So all the people shouted and said, “[k](AG)Long live the king!”

25 Then Samuel told the people (AH)the ordinances of the kingdom, and wrote them in the book, and (AI)placed it before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his house. 26 Saul also went (AJ)to his house in Gibeah; and the valiant men whose hearts God had touched went with him. 27 But certain [l](AK)useless men said, “How can this one save us?” And they despised him and (AL)did not bring him a gift. But [m]he kept silent about it.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 10:1 Lit his
  2. 1 Samuel 10:3 Or terebinth
  3. 1 Samuel 10:4 Lit inquire of your welfare
  4. 1 Samuel 10:5 Or Gibeath-haelohim
  5. 1 Samuel 10:7 Lit your hand finds
  6. 1 Samuel 10:9 Lit for him another heart
  7. 1 Samuel 10:10 Or Gibeath
  8. 1 Samuel 10:18 Lit hand
  9. 1 Samuel 10:19 As in several mss and ancient versions; MT said to Him
  10. 1 Samuel 10:19 Or clans
  11. 1 Samuel 10:24 Lit May the king live
  12. 1 Samuel 10:27 Or wicked; lit sons of Belial
  13. 1 Samuel 10:27 A mutilated DSS fragment of uncertain reliability (4QSama) adds here that Nahash (11:1) gouged out the right eyes of Israelites

10 Nang magkagayo'y kinuha ni Samuel ang sisidlan ng langis, at ibinuhos sa ulo niya, at hinagkan niya siya, at sinabi, Hindi ba ang Panginoon ang nagpahid sa iyo ng langis upang maging prinsipe ka sa kaniyang mana?

Paghiwalay mo sa akin ngayon, ay masusumpungan mo nga ang dalawang lalake sa siping ng libingan ni Rachel, sa hangganan ng Benjamin sa Selsah; at sasabihin nila sa iyo, Ang mga asno na iyong hinahanap ay nasumpungan na; at, narito, niwalang bahala ng iyong ama ang mga asno, at ang inaalaala ay kayo, na sinasabi, Paano ang aking gagawin sa aking anak?

Kung magkagayo'y magpapatuloy ka mula roon, at darating ka sa ensina ng Tabor; at masasalubong ka roon ng tatlong lalake na inaahon ang Dios sa Beth-el, ang isa'y may dalang tatlong batang kambing, at ang isa'y may dalang tatlong tinapay, at ang isa'y may dalang isang balat na sisidlan ng alak:

At babatiin ka nila, at bibigyan ka ng dalawang tinapay, na iyong tatanggapin sa kanilang kamay.

Pagkatapos ay darating ka sa burol ng Dios, na nandoon ang isang pulutong ng mga Filisteo: at mangyayari pagdating mo roon sa bayan, na makakasalubong ka ng isang pulutong na mga propeta na lumulusong mula sa mataas na dako, na may salterio, at pandereta, at flauta, at alpa sa harap nila; at sila'y magsisipanghula.

At ang Espiritu ng Panginoon ay makapangyarihang sasaiyo, at manghuhula kang kasama nila, at ikaw ay magiging ibang lalake.

At mano nawa, na pagka ang mga tandang ito ay mangyari sa iyo, na gawin mo ang idudulot ng pagkakataon; sapagka't ang Dios ay sumasaiyo.

At ikaw ay lulusong na una sa akin sa Gilgal; at, narito, lulusungin kita, upang maghandog ng mga handog na susunugin, at maghain ng mga hain na mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan: pitong araw na maghihintay ka, hanggang sa ako'y pumaroon sa iyo, at ituro sa iyo kung ano ang iyong gagawin.

At nangyaring gayon, na nang kaniyang matalikdan na iwan niya si Samuel, ay binigyan siya ng Dios ng ibang puso: at ang lahat na tandang yaon ay nangyari sa araw na yaon.

10 At nang sila'y dumating doon sa burol, narito, isang pulutong na mga propeta ay nasasalubong niya; at ang Espiritu ng Dios ay makapangyarihang suma kaniya, at siya'y nanghula sa gitna nila.

11 At nangyari nang makita siya ng lahat na nakakakilala sa kaniya nang una, na, narito siya'y nanghuhulang kasama ng mga propeta, ay nagsalisalitaan ang bayan, Ano itong nangyari sa anak ni Cis? Si Saul ba ay nasa gitna rin ng mga propeta?

12 At isang taga dakong yaon ay sumagot at nagsabi, At sino ang kanilang ama? Kaya't naging kawikaan, Si Saul ba ay nasa gitna rin ng mga propeta?

13 At nang siya'y makatapos ng panghuhula, siya'y sumampa sa mataas na dako.

14 At sinabi ng amain ni Saul sa kaniya at sa kaniyang bataan, Saan kayo naparoon? At kaniyang sinabi, Upang hanapin ang mga asno, at nang aming makita na hindi mangasumpungan, ay naparoon kami kay Samuel.

15 At sinabi ng amain ni Saul, Isinasamo ko sa iyo na saysayin mo sa akin, kung ano ang sinabi ni Samuel sa inyo.

16 At sinabi ni Saul sa kaniyang amain, Sinabi niyang maliwanag sa amin na ang mga asno ay nasumpungan na. Nguni't tungkol sa bagay ng kaharian, na sinalita ni Samuel, ay hindi niya isinaysay sa kaniya.

17 At tinipon ni Samuel ang bayan sa Panginoon sa Mizpa;

18 At sinabi niya sa mga anak ni Israel, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel, Iniahon ko ang Israel mula sa Egipto, at pinapaging laya ko kayo sa kamay ng mga taga Egipto, at sa kamay ng lahat ng mga kaharian na pumighati sa inyo:

19 Nguni't itinakuwil ninyo sa araw na ito ang inyong Dios, na siyang nagligtas sa inyo sa lahat ng mga inyong kasakunaan at mga kapighatian; at sinabi ninyo sa kaniya, Hindi, kundi lagyan mo kami ng isang hari. Ngayon nga'y humarap kayo sa Panginoon ayon sa inyoinyong mga lipi, at ayon sa inyong mga libolibo.

20 Sa gayo'y pinalapit ni Samuel ang lahat ng mga lipi, at ang lipi ni Benjamin ang napili.

21 At kaniyang inilapit ang lipi ni Benjamin ayon sa kaniyang mga angkan; at ang angkan ni Matri ay siyang napili; at si Saul na anak ni Cis, ay siyang napili: nguni't nang kanilang hanapin siya ay hindi nasumpungan.

22 Kaya't kanilang itinanong uli sa Panginoon, May lalake pa bang paririto? At ang Panginoon ay sumagot, Narito siya'y nagtago sa mga kasangkapan.

23 At sila'y tumakbo at kinuha nila siya roon; at nang siya'y tumayo sa gitna ng bayan, ay mataas siya kay sa sinoman sa bayan, mula sa kaniyang mga balikat at paitaas.

24 At sinabi ni Samuel sa buong bayan, Nakikita ba ninyo siya na pinili ng Panginoon, na walang gaya niya sa buong bayan? At ang buong bayan ay sumigaw, at nagsabi, Mabuhay ang hari.

25 Nang magkagayo'y sinaysay ni Samuel sa bayan ang paraan ng kaharian, at isinulat sa isang aklat, at inilagay sa harap ng Panginoon. At pinayaon ni Samuel ang buong bayan, na pinauwi bawa't tao sa kaniyang bahay.

26 At si Saul man ay umuwi sa kaniyang bahay sa Gabaa; at yumaong kasama niya ang hukbo, na ang kanilang mga kalooban ay kinilos ng Dios.

27 Nguni't sinabi ng ilang hamak na tao, Paanong ililigtas tayo ng taong ito? At kanilang niwalang kabuluhan at hindi nila dinalhan ng kaloob. Nguni't siya'y hindi umimik.

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