1 Samuel 10:6-22

English Standard Version

^6 (A)Then the Spirit of the Lord will rush upon you, ^(B)and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man. ⁷ Now when ^(C)these signs meet you, do what your hand finds to do, ^(D)for God is with you. ⁸ Then go down before me ^(E)to Gilgal. And behold, I am coming down to you to offer burnt offerings and ^(F)to sacrifice peace offerings. ^(G)Seven days you shall wait, until I come to you and show you what you shall do.”

⁹ When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart. And all these signs came to pass that day. ¹⁰ When they came to ^(H)Gibeah,^[a] behold, a group of prophets met him, ^(I)and the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied among them. ¹¹ And when all who knew him previously saw how he prophesied with the prophets, the people said to one another, “What has come over the son of Kish? ^(J)Is Saul also among the prophets?” ¹² And a man of the place answered, ^(K)“And who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb, ^(L)“Is Saul also among the prophets?” ¹³ When he had finished prophesying, he came to the high place.

^14 (M)Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, “Where did you go?” And he said, ^(N)“To seek the donkeys. And when we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.” ¹⁵ And Saul's uncle said, “Please tell me what Samuel said to you.” ¹⁶ And Saul said to his uncle, ^(O)“He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found.” But about the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel had spoken, he did not tell him anything.

Saul Proclaimed King

¹⁷ Now Samuel called the people together ^(P)to the Lord ^(Q)at Mizpah. ¹⁸ And he said to the people of Israel, ^(R)“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’ ^19 (S)But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, ‘Set a king over us.’ Now therefore ^(T)present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.”

²⁰ Then Samuel ^(U)brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot. ²¹ He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its clans, and the clan of the Matrites was taken by lot;^[b] and Saul the son of Kish was taken by lot. But when they sought him, he could not be found. ^22 (V)So they inquired again of the Lord, “Is there a man still to come?” and the Lord said, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”