¹⁹ Abner also spoke to ^(A)Benjamin. And then Abner went to tell David at Hebron all that Israel and the whole house of Benjamin thought good to do.

²⁹ Of the Benjaminites, ^(A)the kinsmen of Saul, 3,000, of whom the ^(B)majority had to that point kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

²⁰ Then Samuel ^(A)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;^[a] and Saul the son of Kish was taken by lot. But when they sought him, he could not be found.