1 Samuel 10:17-19

New Catholic Bible

¹⁷ Saul Is Chosen King.^[a] Samuel summoned the people of Israel to Mizpah. ¹⁸ He said to the Israelites, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘I brought Israel up from Egypt and delivered them out of the hands of the Egyptians and all of the nations that oppressed you.’ ¹⁹ But today you have rejected your God who himself delivers you from all of your adversities and difficulties. You have said to him, ‘Appoint a king over us.’ Now present yourselves before the Lord by tribes and by clans.”