I Samuel 10 · שמואל א

Then Shemu᾽el took a flask of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Has not the Lord anointed thee to be a prince over his inheritance?

When thou art departed from me today, then thou shalt find two men by Raĥel’s tomb in the border of Binyamin at Żelżaĥ; and they will say to thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, thy father has left the matter of the asses, and has become anxious about you, saying, What shall I do about my son?

Then shalt thou go on forward from there, and thou shalt come to the oak of Tavor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bet-el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

and they will greet thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive from their hands.

After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where the garrisons of the Pelishtim are, and it shall come to pass, when thou art come there to the city, that thou shalt meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a lute, and a timbrel, and a pipe, and a lyre, before them; and they shall prophesy:

and the spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

And let it be, when these signs are come to thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.

And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down to thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to make sacrifices of peace offerings; seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and show thee what thou shalt do.

And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Shemu᾽el, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

And when they came there to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.

And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What has happened to the son of Qish? Is Sha᾽ul also one of the prophets?

And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Sha᾽ul also one of the prophets?

And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.

And Sha᾽ul’s uncle said to him and to his servant, Where did you go to? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were not to be found, we came to Shemu᾽el.

And Sha᾽ul’s uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Shemu᾽el said to you.

And Sha᾽ul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, of which Shemu᾽el spoke, he told him not.

And Shemu᾽el called the people together to the Lord to Miżpa.

And he said to the children of Yisra᾽el, Thus says the Lord God of Yisra᾽el, I brought up Yisra᾽el out of Miżrayim, and delivered you out of the hand of Miżrayim, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:

and you have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you from all your calamities and tribulations; and you have said to him, Only set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands,

And Shemu᾽el caused all the tribes of Yisra᾽el to come near, and the tribe of Binyamin was picked (by lot).

Then he caused the tribe of Binyamin to come near by its families, and the family of Matri was picked, and Sha᾽ul the son of Qish was picked: and when they sought him, he could not be found.

Therefore they inquired again of the Lord, Did the man come here? And the Lord answered, Behold, he is hidden among the baggage.

And they ran and fetched him from there: and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upwards.

And Shemu᾽el said to all the people, Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, Long live the king.

Then Shemu᾽el told the people the rules of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord. And Shemu᾽el sent all the people away, every man to his house.

And Sha᾽ul also went home to Giv῾a; and there went with him the warriors, whose hearts God had touched.

But some base fellows said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.