10:1 Then Samuel took a small container of olive oil and poured it on Saul’s
10:3 “As you continue on from there, you will come to the tall tree of Tabor. At that point three men who are going up to God at Bethel
10:7 “When these signs have taken place, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God will be with you.
10:9 As Saul
10:12 A man who was from there replied, “And who is their father?” Therefore this became a proverb: “Is even Saul among the prophets?”
10:13 When Saul
10:14 Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” Saul
10:17 Then Samuel called the people together before the Lord at Mizpah.
10:18 He said to the Israelites, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘I brought Israel up from Egypt and I delivered you from the power
10:20 Then Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen by lot.
10:21 Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its families, and the family of Matri was chosen by lot. At last Saul son of Kish was chosen by lot. But when they looked for him, he was nowhere to be found.
10:22 So they inquired again of the Lord, “Has the man arrived here yet?” The Lord said, “He has hidden himself among the equipment.”
10:23 So they ran and brought him from there. When he took his position among the people, he stood head and shoulders above them all. 10:24 Then Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one whom the Lord has chosen? Indeed, there is no one like him among all the people!” All the people shouted out, “Long live the king!”
10:25 Then Samuel talked to the people about how the kingship would work.
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11:2 But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “The only way I will make a treaty with you is if you let me gouge out the right eye of every one of you and in so doing humiliate all Israel!”
11:3 The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Leave us alone for seven days so that we can send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. If there is no one who can deliver us, we will come out voluntarily to you.”
11:4 When the messengers went to Gibeah (where Saul lived)
11:6 The Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and he became very angry.
11:7 He took a pair
11:9 They said to the messengers who had come, “Here’s what you should say to the men of Jabesh Gilead: ‘Tomorrow deliverance will come to you when the sun is fully up.’” When the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh Gilead, they were happy.
11:10 The men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you
11:11 The next day Saul placed the people in three groups. They went to the Ammonite camp during the morning watch and struck them
11:12 Then the people said to Samuel, “Who were the ones asking, ‘Will Saul reign over us?’ Hand over those men so we may execute them!”
11:13 But Saul said, “No one will be killed on this day. For today the Lord has given Israel a victory!”
11:14 Samuel said to the people, “Come on! Let’s go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”
11:15 So all the people went to Gilgal, where