⁵After this, you will come to the Gibeah of God,^f where there are sentries^g of the Philistines. Just as you enter^h the town there, you will meet a procession of prophets coming down from the high place, with harp, tambourine, flute, and zither before them, and they will be prophesying. ⁶Then the Spirit of Yahweh will rush upon you,ⁱ and you will prophesy with them; and you will turn into a different person.^j ⁷When these signs come to you, do for yourself what your hand finds to do, for God will be with you. ⁸Then you will go down before me to Gilgal. Look, I am coming down to you to offer burnt offerings and to make^k fellowship offerings. You must wait seven days until I come to you. Then I will let you know what you should do.” ⁹Just as he turned^l his shoulder to depart from Samuel, God changed his^m heart. And all these signs were fulfilled on that day.

¹⁰When they went from there to Gibeah, a procession of prophets met him, and the Spirit of God rushed upon him,ⁿ and he prophesied among them. ¹¹And when^o all who knew him formerly^p saw that he prophesied with prophets, the people said to one another, “What is this that has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?” ¹²And a man from there responded and said, “And who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?” ¹³When he finished prophesying, he went to the high place.

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Footnotes

fOr “to Gibeath Elohim,” which means “the hill of God”
gOr “garrisons” or “overseers”
hLiterally “and will it happen that as you enter”
iOr “will come upon you in power”
jLiterally “another man”
kLiterally “to sacrifice sacrifices of”
lLiterally “And it happened as he turned”
mLiterally “gave for him another”
nOr “came upon him in power”
oLiterally “and it happened”
pLiterally “three days from yesterday”