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23 They ran and brought him from there. When he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the others by a head.[a] 24 Then Samuel told all the people, “Do you see the man whom the Lord has chosen? For there is no one like him among all the people.”

Then all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

25 Samuel explained to the people the regulations[b] concerning kingship. He wrote them in a scroll and placed it in the Lord’s presence. Then Samuel sent all the people to their own houses.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 10:23 Lit. than all the people from his shoulder up
  2. 1 Samuel 10:25 Or practices