23 They ran and got him from there. When he stood among the people, he stood a head taller than anyone else.[a](A) 24 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the Lord has chosen?(B) There is no one like him among the entire population.”

And all the people shouted,[b] “Long live the king!”(C)

25 Samuel proclaimed to the people the rights of kingship.(D) He wrote them on a scroll, which he placed in the presence of the Lord.(E) Then Samuel sent all the people away, each to his home.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 10:23 Lit people, and he was higher than any of the people from his shoulder and up
  2. 1 Samuel 10:24 LXX reads acknowledged and said

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