The First Book of Samuel, starting at chapter 10
{10:1} Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head,
and kissed him, and said, "Isn't it that Yahweh has anointed you to be
prince over his inheritance? {10:2} When 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 tell you, 'The donkeys which you
went to seek have been found; and behold, your father has stopped
caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, "What shall
I do for my son?"'
{10:3} "Then you shall go on forward from there, and you shall come
to the oak of Tabor; and three men shall meet you there going up to
God to Bethel, one carrying three young goats, and another carrying
three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: {10:4}
and they will greet you, and give you two loaves of bread, which you
shall receive of their hand.
{10:5} "After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the
garrison of the Philistines: 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: {10:6} and the
Spirit of Yahweh will come mightily on you, and you shall prophesy
with them, and shall be turned into another man. {10:7} Let it be,
when these signs have come to you, that you do as occasion shall serve
you; for God is with you.
{10:8} "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: you shall wait seven days, until I come
to you, and show you what you shall do." {10:9} It was so, that when
he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart:
and all those signs happened that day. {10:10} When they came there to
the hill, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God
came mightily on him, and he prophesied among them. {10:11} 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 is come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?"
{10:12} One of the same place answered, "Who is their father?"
Therefore it became a proverb, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"
{10:13} When he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high
place.
{10:14} Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, "Where did you
go?"
He said, "To seek the donkeys. When we saw that they were not found,
we came to Samuel."
{10:15} Saul's uncle said, "Tell me, please, what Samuel said to
you."
{10:16} Saul said to his uncle, "He told us plainly that the donkeys
were found." But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel
spoke, he didn't tell him.
{10:17} Samuel called the people together to Yahweh to Mizpah;
{10:18} and he said to the children of Israel, "Thus says Yahweh, 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:' {10:19} but 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 Yahweh by your tribes, and by
your thousands."
{10:20} So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the
tribe of Benjamin was taken. {10:21} 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. {10:22} Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, "Is there
yet a man to come here?"
Yahweh answered, "Behold, he has hid himself among the baggage."
{10:23} They ran and fetched him there; and when he stood among the
people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and
upward. {10:24} Samuel said to all the people, "You see him whom
Yahweh has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?"
All the people shouted, and said, "[Long] live the king!"
{10:25} Then Samuel told the people the regulations of the kingdom,
and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Yahweh. Samuel sent all
the people away, every man to his house. {10:26} Saul also went to his
house to Gibeah; and there went with him the army, whose hearts God
had touched. {10:27} But certain worthless fellows said, "How shall
this man save us?" They despised him, and brought him no present. But
he held his peace.
{11:1} Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh
Gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a covenant
with us, and we will serve you." {11:2} Nahash the Ammonite said to
them, "On this condition I will make it with you, that all your right
eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach on all Israel."
{11:3} The elders of Jabesh said to him, "Give us seven day, that we
may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there
is no one to save us, we will come out to you." {11:4} Then the
messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears
of the people: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
{11:5} Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and
Saul said, "What ails the people that they weep?" They told him the
words of the men of Jabesh. {11:6} The Spirit of God came mightily on
Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.
{11:7} He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them
throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers,
saying, "Whoever doesn't come forth after Saul and after Samuel, so
shall it be done to his oxen." The dread of Yahweh fell on the people,
and they came out as one man. {11:8} He numbered them in Bezek; and
the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of
Judah thirty thousand. {11:9} They said to the messengers who came,
"Thus you shall tell the men of Jabesh Gilead, 'Tomorrow, by the time
the sun is hot, you shall have deliverance.'" The messengers came and
told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. {11:10} Therefore the men
of Jabesh said, "Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you shall do
with us all that seems good to you." {11:11} It was so on the next
day, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into
the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites
until the heat of the day: and it happened, that those who remained
were scattered, so that no two of them were left together. {11:12} The
people said to Samuel, "Who is he who said, 'Shall Saul reign over
us?' Bring those men, that we may put them to death!"
{11:13} Saul said, "There shall not a man be put to death this day;
for today Yahweh has worked deliverance in Israel." {11:14} Then said
Samuel to the people, "Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the
kingdom there." {11:15} All the people went to Gilgal; and there they
made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal; and there they offered
sacrifices of peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all
the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
{12:1} Samuel said to all Israel, "Behold, I have listened to your
voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.
{12:2} Now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and
gray-headed; and behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked
before you from my youth to this day. {12:3} Here I am. Witness
against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I
taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I
oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes
therewith? I will restore it to you."
{12:4} They said, "You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us,
neither have you taken anything of any man's hand."
{12:5} He said to them, "Yahweh is witness against you, and his
anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my
hand."
They said, "He is witness." {12:6} Samuel said to the people, "It is
Yahweh who appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up
out of the land of Egypt. {12:7} Now therefore stand still, that I may
plead with you before Yahweh concerning all the righteous acts of
Yahweh, which he did to you and to your fathers.
{12:8} "When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried to
Yahweh, then Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your
fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place.
{12:9} "But they forgot Yahweh their God; and he sold them into the
hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the
Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought
against them. {12:10} They cried to Yahweh, and said, 'We have sinned,
because we have forsaken Yahweh, and have served the Baals and the
Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we
will serve you.' {12:11} Yahweh sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and
Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your
enemies on every side; and you lived in safety.
{12:12} "When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon
came against you, you said to me, 'No, but a king shall reign over
us;' when Yahweh your God was your king. {12:13} Now therefore see the
king whom you have chosen, and whom you have asked for: and behold,
Yahweh has set a king over you. {12:14} If you will fear Yahweh, and
serve him, and listen to his voice, and not rebel against the
commandment of Yahweh, and both you and also the king who reigns over
you are followers of Yahweh your God, [well]: {12:15} but if you will
not listen to the voice of Yahweh, but rebel against the commandment
of Yahweh, then will the hand of Yahweh be against you, as it was
against your fathers.
{12:16} "Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which
Yahweh will do before your eyes. {12:17} Isn't it wheat harvest today?
I will call to Yahweh, that he may send thunder and rain; and you
shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done
in the sight of Yahweh, in asking for a king."
{12:18} So Samuel called to Yahweh; and Yahweh sent thunder and rain
that day: and all the people greatly feared Yahweh and Samuel.
{12:19} All the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants to
Yahweh your God, that we not die; for we have added to all our sins
[this] evil, to ask us a king."
{12:20} Samuel said to the people, "Don't be afraid. You have indeed
done all this evil; yet don't turn aside from following Yahweh, but
serve Yahweh with all your heart. {12:21} Don't turn aside; for [then
you would go] after vain things which can't profit nor deliver, for
they are vain. {12:22} For Yahweh will not forsake his people for his
great name's sake, because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people
to himself. {12:23} Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I
should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will
instruct you in the good and the right way. {12:24} Only fear Yahweh,
and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great
things he has done for you. {12:25} But if you shall still do
wickedly, you shall be consumed, both you and your king."
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