1Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the Lord anointed you ruler over His inheritance?[ † ]Deuteronomy 22:82 Samuel 11:2Luke 5:19Acts 10:9Exodus 30:23-331 Samuel 9:161 Samuel 16:132 Kings 9:3-6Psalms 2:122 Samuel 5:2Acts 13:21 2When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’[ † ]Exodus 34:9Deuteronomy 32:9Psalms 78:71Genesis 35:16-20Genesis 48:7Joshua 18:28
3Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.[ † ]1 Samuel 9:3-5 4They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hands.
5After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.[ † ]Genesis 28:22Genesis 35:1-3, 71 Samuel 13:2-31 Samuel 19:12-202 Kings 2:3-5, 15
6Then the Spirit of the Lord will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be transformed into a different person.[ † ]Exodus 15:20-212 Kings 3:151 Chronicles 25:1-61 Corinthians 14:1Numbers 11:25-29Judges 14:61 Samuel 16:13
7When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.[ † ]1 Samuel 10:101 Samuel 19:23-24Exodus 4:8Luke 2:12 8And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”[ † ]Joshua 1:5Judges 6:121 Samuel 3:19Hebrews 13:51 Samuel 11:14-151 Samuel 13:8
9As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day. 10When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Then the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied along with them.[ † ]1 Samuel 13:8-101 Samuel 10:5
11When all those who had formerly known Saul saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”[ † ]1 Samuel 19:20
12Then a man who lived there replied, “And who is their father?” So the saying became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”[ † ]1 Samuel 19:24Amos 7:14-15Matthew 13:54-57John 7:15Acts 4:13
13And when Saul had finished prophesying, he went up to the high place.
14Now Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” “To look for the donkeys,” Saul replied. “When we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”[ † ]John 5:30-36
15“Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you?”
16And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.[ † ]1 Samuel 14:50
17After this, Samuel summoned the people to the Lord at Mizpah[ † ]1 Samuel 9:20Judges 20:1 18and said to the Israelites, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the hands of the Egyptians and of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’[ † ]1 Samuel 7:5-6
19But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.”[ † ]Judges 6:8-91 Samuel 8:81 Samuel 12:6-8
20Thus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.[ † ]1 Samuel 8:7-191 Samuel 12:12 21Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.
22So again they inquired of the Lord, “Has the man come here yet?” And the Lord replied, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”[ † ]Acts 1:24-26
23So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.[ † ]1 Samuel 23:2-4, 10, 11
24Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the Lord has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”[ † ]1 Samuel 9:2Deuteronomy 17:151 Samuel 9:162 Samuel 21:6
25Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.[ † ]1 Kings 1:25-39
26Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.[ † ]Deuteronomy 17:14-201 Samuel 8:11-18
27But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.[ † ]Judges 20:141 Samuel 11:12Deuteronomy 13:131 Samuel 25:17