SAUL RECEIVED AS KING

17 Samuel summoned the people to the Lord at Mizpahe 18 and said to the Israelites, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says:f ‘I brought Israel out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the power of the Egyptians and all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’ 19 But today you have rejected your God,g who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions. You said to him, ‘YouA must set a king over us.’h Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.”i