1 Samuel 10:17–24

¹⁷Then Samuel summoned the people to Yahweh at Mizpah, ¹⁸and he said to the Israelites,^q “Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel: ‘I brought Israel up from Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’ ¹⁹But you today have rejected your God who always delivers you from all of your calamities and your distresses. You have said to him, ‘No, but you must appoint a king over us!’ So then present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes and by your clans.”

²⁰So Samuel brought near all the tribes of Israel, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected by lot. ²¹Then he brought near the tribe of Benjamin according to its families, and the family of Matri was selected by lot. Then Saul the son of Kish was chosen, and they sought him, but he could not be found. ²²So they inquired again of Yahweh, “Did the man come here?” ^r And Yahweh said, “Look, he is hiding himself among the baggage.” ²³So they ran and took him from there, and when he took his stand among the people, he was taller than all the people from his shoulders and up. ²⁴Then Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom Yahweh has chosen? For there is no one like him among all the people!” And all the people shouted and said, “Long live the king!”