1 Samuel 10:17–24

¹⁷And Samuel called the people together ^zunto the Lord to ^aMizpeh; ¹⁸and said unto the children of Israel, ^bThus 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: ^19cand 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 ^dpresent yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands. ²⁰And when Samuel had ^ecaused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. ²¹When 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. ²²Therefore they ^finquired of the Lord further, if the man should yet come thither. And the Lord answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff. ²³And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, ^ghe was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. ²⁴And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him ^hwhom 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.