¹⁷Samuel summoned the people to the Lord at Mizpah ^m¹⁸and said to the Israelites, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ⁿ‘I brought Israel out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the power of the Egyptians and all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’ ¹⁹But today you have rejected your God, ^owho saves you from all your troubles and afflictions. You said to Him, ‘You ^pmust set a king over us.’ ^qNow therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.” ^r

²⁰Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected. ²¹Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the Matrite clan was selected. ^sFinally, Saul son of Kish was selected. ^tBut when they searched for him, they could not find him. ²²They again inquired of the Lord, ^u“Has the man come here yet?”

The Lord replied, “There he is, hidden among the supplies.”

²³They ran and got him from there. When he stood among the people, he stood a head taller than anyone else. ^v^w²⁴Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the Lord has chosen? ^xThere is no one like him among the entire population.”

And all the people shouted, ^y“Long live the king!” ^z

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Footnotes

p10:19 Some Hb , , Syr, read You said, ‘No, you …
s10:21 adds And he had the Matrite clan come forward, man by man.
v10:23 people, and he was higher than any of the people from his shoulder and up
y10:24 reads acknowledged and said

Cross references

m10:17 1Sm 7:5
n10:18 Jdg 6:8–9
o10:19 1Sm 8:6–7
q10:19 1Sm 8:19
r10:19 Jos 7:14–18; 24:1; Pr 16:33
t10:20–21 Jos 7:16–18
u10:22 Ex 28:30; Nm 27:21; 1Sm 23:2, 4, 9–11
w10:23 1Sm 9:2
x10:24 Dt 17:15; 2Sm 21:6
z10:24 1Kg 1:25, 34, 39