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1 Samuel CHAPTER 8
1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over
Israel.
2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah:
they were judges in Beersheba.
3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took
bribes, and perverted judgment. 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered
themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways:
now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 But the thing displeased
Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the
LORD. 7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in
all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have
rejected me, that I should not reign over them. 8 According to all the works
which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even
unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do
they also unto thee. 9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet
protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall
reign over them. 10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people
that asked of him a king.
11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you:
He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to
be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. 12 And he will appoint
him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to
ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war,
and instruments  of his chariots. 13 And he will take your daughters to be
confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even
the best of them, and give them to his servants. 15 And he will take the tenth
of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his
servants. 16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your
goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. 17 He will take
the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. 18 And ye shall cry out
in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD
will not hear you in that day. 19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the
voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; 20 That
we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out
before us, and fight our battles. 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the
people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king.
And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man  unto his city.
1 Samuel CHAPTER 9
1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the
son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite,  a mighty 
man  of power.
2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and
there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his
shoulders and upward he was higher  than any of the people. 3 And the asses of
Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of
the servants with thee, and arise,  go  seek  the asses.
4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha,
but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there
they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites,  but they
found  them not. 5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to
his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave
caring for the asses, and take thought  for us.
6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he
is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go
thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go. 7 Then said
Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for
the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the
man of God:  what have we? 8 And the servant answered Saul again, and said,
Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I
give to the man of God, to tell  us our way.
9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake,
Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was
beforetime  called  a Seer.)
10 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto
the city where the man of God was. 11 And as they went up the hill to the city,
they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the
seer here? 12 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before
you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice
of the people to day in the high place:
13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before
he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come,
because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards  they eat  that be bidden. 
Now therefore get you up;  for about this time  ye shall find him.
14 And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city,
behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place. 15 Now
the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, 16 To
morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and
thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my
people out of the hand  of the Philistines:  for I have looked  upon my people,
 because their cry  is come  unto me. 17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD
said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign
over my people. 18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell
me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.
19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the
high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go,
and will tell  thee all that is in thine heart. 20 And as for thine asses that
were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on
whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's
house? 21 And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of
the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe
of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest  thou so  to me? 22 And Samuel took Saul
and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the
chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons.
23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which
I said unto thee, Set it by thee. 24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and
that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that
which is left! set it before thee, and eat:  for unto this time  hath it been
kept  for thee since I said,  I have invited  the people.  So Saul  did eat 
with Samuel  that day. 25 And when they were come down from the high place into
the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. 26 And they
arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel
called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And
Saul arose, and they went out  both  of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
27 And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid
the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a
while,  that I may shew  thee the word  of God. 1 Samuel CHAPTER 10
1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him,
and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his
inheritance?
2 When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by
Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto
thee, The asses  which thou wentest  to seek  are found:  and, lo, thy father 
hath left  the care  of the asses,  and sorroweth  for you, saying, What shall
I do  for my son?
3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain
of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one
carrying  three  kids,  and another  carrying  three  loaves  of bread,  and
another  carrying  a bottle  of wine: 4 And they will salute thee, and give
thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.
5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the
Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city,
that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place 
with a psaltery,  and a tabret,  and a pipe,  and a harp, before  them; and
they shall prophesy: 6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou
shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. 7 And let it
be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee;
for God is with thee. 8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and,
behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice
sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come  to
thee, and shew  thee what thou shalt do.
9 And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave
him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day. 10 And when they
came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit
of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. 11 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 is this that is come unto
the son of Kish? Is Saul  also among the prophets? 12 And one of the same place
answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is
Saul also among the prophets? 13 And when he had made an end of prophesying, he
came to the high place. 14 And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant,
Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were
no where, we came to Samuel.
15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. 16
And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But
of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.
17 And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh; 18 And said
unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up
Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians,  and
out of the hand  of all kingdoms,  and of them that oppressed  you:
19 And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all
your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set
a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your
tribes,  and by your thousands.
20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe
of Benjamin was taken.
21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the
family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they
sought him, he could not be found. 22 Therefore they enquired of the LORD
further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he
hath hid himself among the stuff. 23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and
when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his
shoulders and upward. 24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the
LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the
people shouted, and said, God save the king. 25 Then Samuel told the people the
manner 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 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men,
whose hearts God had touched.
27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they
despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

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