The account in Numbers 11 is the first instance of prophetic utterance being linked with the Holy Spirit. The record does not give the content of the prophecies of those men. The important point is that they prophesied, and this indicated to the people that they had been chosen by God to be their leaders. First Samuel describes a group of prophets who traveled together. Samuel had just anointed Saul as king of Israel and told him that when he encountered these prophets