1 Samuel 10:16-18

New American Standard Bible

¹⁶ So Saul said to his uncle, “^(A)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 ^(B)people together to the Lord at Mizpah; ¹⁸ and he said to the sons of Israel, “^(C)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 ^[a]power of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’