1 Samuel 10:17–24

¹⁷Samuel summoned the people of Israel to the Lord at Mizpah^{q 18}and said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the power of Egypt and all the kingdoms that oppressed^r you.’ ¹⁹But you have now rejected^s your God, who saves^t you out of all your disasters and calamities. And you have said, ‘No, appoint a king^u over us.’^v So now present^w yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.”

²⁰When Samuel had all Israel come forward by tribes, the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot. ²¹Then he brought forward the tribe of Benjamin, clan by clan, and Matri’s clan was taken.^x Finally Saul son of Kish was taken. But when they looked for him, he was not to be found. ²²So they inquired^y further of the Lord, “Has the man come here yet?”

And the Lord said, “Yes, he has hidden himself among the supplies.”

²³They ran and brought him out, and as he stood among the people he was a head taller^z than any of the others. ²⁴Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the man the Lord has chosen?^a There is no one like^b him among all the people.”

Then the people shouted, “Long live^c the king!”