¹⁶ Then Samuel said to Saul, “Be quiet! And I will tell you what the Lord said to me last night.”

And he said to him, “Speak on.”

¹⁶ So the king said to him, “How many times shall I make you swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?”

⁷ Now therefore, stand still, that I may ^(A)reason with you before the Lord concerning all the ^(B)righteous acts of the Lord which He did to you and your fathers:

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.”