1 Samuel 10:17-27
1599 Geneva Bible
17 ¶ And Samuel [a]assembled the people unto the Lord in Mizpah,
18 And he said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I have brought Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hands of all kingdoms that troubled you.
19 But ye have this day cast away your God, who only delivereth you out of all your adversities and tribulations: and ye said unto him, No, but appoint a king over us. Now therefore stand ye before the Lord according to your tribes, and according to your thousands.
20 And when Samuel had gathered together all the tribes of Israel, the tribe of Benjamin was [b]taken.
21 Afterward he assembled the tribe of Benjamin, according to their families, and the family of Matri was taken. So Saul the son of Kish was taken, and when they sought him, he could not be found.
22 Therefore they asked the Lord again, if that man should yet come thither. And the Lord answered, Behold, he hath [c]hid himself among the stuff.
23 And they ran, and brought him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from the shoulders upward.
24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye not him, whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? and all the people shouted and said, [d]God save the King.
25 Then Samuel told the people [e]the duty of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord, and Samuel sent all the people away every man to his house.
26 Saul also went home to Gibeah, and there followed him a band of men, whose heart God had touched.
27 But the wicked men said, How shall he save us? So they despised him, and brought him no presents: but he [f]held his tongue.
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- 1 Samuel 10:17 Both to declare unto them their fault in asking a King, and also to show God’s sentence therein.
- 1 Samuel 10:20 That is, by casting of lot.
- 1 Samuel 10:22 As though he were unworthy and unwilling.
- 1 Samuel 10:24 Hebrew, let the king live.
- 1 Samuel 10:25 As it is written in Deut. 17:15, etc.
- 1 Samuel 10:27 Both to avoid sedition, and also to win them by patience.
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