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

Saul Anointed King

²⁷ As they were going down to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us.” And he went on. “But you stand here ^[a]awhile, that I may announce to you the word of God.”

²⁰ But as for ^(A)your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not be anxious about them, for they have been found. And ^[a]on whom ^(B)is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on you and on all your father’s house?”

⁶ And ^(A)the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he tore the lion apart as one would have torn apart a young goat, though he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.