1Then Samuel took the flask of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not that Yehovah has anointed you to be prince over his inheritance? 2When you have departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel’s tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The donkeys which you went to seek have been found; and, look, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son? 3Then you shall go on forward from there, and you shall come to the oak of Tabor; and three men going up to God to Beth-el shall meet you there, one carrying three young goats, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine: 4and they will greet you, and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive from their hand. 5After that you shall come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is: and it shall happen, when you have come there to the city, that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying: 6and the Spirit of Yehovah will come mightily upon you, and you shall prophesy with them, and shall be turned into another man. 7And let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do as the occasion requires; for God is with you. 8And you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down to you, to offer burnt-offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings: seven days you shall wait, until I come to you, and show you what you shall do. 9And it was so, that, when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day. 10And when they came there to the hill, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily upon him, and he prophesied among them. 11And it happened, when all who knew him before saw that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that has come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? 12And one of the same place answered and said, And who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets? 13And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. 14And Saul’s uncle said to him and to his servant, Where did you go? And he said, To seek the donkeys; and when we saw that they were not found, we came to Samuel. 15And Saul’s uncle said, Please tell me what Samuel said to you. 16And Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found. But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he did not tell him. 17And Samuel called the people together to Yehovah to Mizpah; 18and he said to the children of Israel, Thus says Yehovah, the God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you: 19but you have this day rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him, No, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Yehovah by your tribes, and by your thousands. 20So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken. 21And he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families; and the family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken: but when they sought him, he could not be found. 22Therefore they asked of Yehovah further, Is there yet a man to come here? And Yehovah answered, Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage. 23And they ran and fetched him from there; and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. 24And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see him whom Yehovah has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, Long live the king. 25Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Yehovah. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. 26And Saul also went to his house at Gibeah; and the host went with him, whose hearts God had touched. 27But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.