¹² Then Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul; and it was told to Samuel, saying, “Saul came to ^(A)Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, then turned and proceeded on ^[a]down to ^(B)Gilgal.” ¹³ And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “^(C)Blessed are you of Yahweh! I have established the word of Yahweh.” ¹⁴ But Samuel said, “^(D)What then is this sound of the sheep in my ears and the sound of the oxen which I am hearing?”