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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Samuel 10 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_samuel/10.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_samuel/10-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > 1 Samuel 10</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/9.htm" title="1 Samuel 9">◄</a> 1 Samuel 10 <a href="../1_samuel/11.htm" title="1 Samuel 11">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/1_samuel/10.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Saul Anointed King</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, “Has not the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> anointed you to be prince<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or leader">a</a></sup></span> over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has anointed you to be prince<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Septuagint; Hebrew lacks over his people Israel? And you shall...4 to be prince">b</a></sup></span> over his heritage. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>When you depart from me today, you will meet two men by Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you, ‘The donkeys that you went to seek are found, and now your father has ceased to care about the donkeys and is anxious about you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?”’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then you shall go on from there farther and come to the oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall accept from their hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>After that you shall come to Gibeath-elohim,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Gibeath-elohim means the hill of God">c</a></sup></span> where there is a garrison of the Philistines. And there, as soon as you come to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then the Spirit of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now when these signs meet you, do what your hand finds to do, for God is with you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then go down before me to Gilgal. And behold, I am coming down to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Seven days you shall wait, until I come to you and show you what you shall do.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart. And all these signs came to pass that day. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>When they came to Gibeah,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Gibeah means the hill">d</a></sup></span> behold, a group of prophets met him, and the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied among them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And when all who knew him previously saw how he prophesied with the prophets, the people said to one another, “What has come over the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And a man of the place answered, “And who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb, “Is Saul also among the prophets?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When he had finished prophesying, he came to the high place.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>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 they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Saul’s uncle said, “Please tell me what Samuel said to you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found.” But about the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel had spoken, he did not tell him anything.</p> <p class="heading">Saul Proclaimed King</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Now Samuel called the people together to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> at Mizpah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And he said to the people of Israel, “Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, ‘I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, ‘Set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> by your tribes and by your thousands.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its clans, and the clan of the Matrites was taken by lot;<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Septuagint adds finally he brought the family of the Matrites near, man by man">e</a></sup></span> and Saul the son of Kish was taken by lot. But when they sought him, he could not be found. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So they inquired again of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, “Is there a man still to come?” and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then they ran and took him from there. And when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has chosen? There is none like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then Samuel told the people the rights and duties of the kingship, and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his home. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Saul also went to his home at Gibeah, and with him went men of valor whose hearts God had touched. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But some worthless fellows said, “How can this man save us?” And they despised him and brought him no present. But he held his peace.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>leader</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Septuagint; Hebrew lacks <i class="catch-word">over his people Israel? And you shall...4 to be prince</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> <i class="catch-word">Gibeath-elohim</i> means <i>the hill of God</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <i class="catch-word">Gibeah</i> means <i>the hill</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> Septuagint adds <i>finally he brought the family of the Matrites near, man by man</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. 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