KJV Easy Read Bible 1Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord has anointed you to be captain over His inheritance? 2When you are departed from me to day, then you shall find two men by Rachel’s sepulcher in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The asses which you went to seek are found: and, lo, your father has left the care of the asses, and sorrows for youp, saying, What shall I do for my son? tomb; stopped worrying about 3Then shall you go on forward from there, and you shall come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet you three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: oak 4And they will salute you, and give you two loaves of bread; which you shall receive of their hands. greet 5After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when you are come there to the city, that you shall meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: lyre; tambourine; flute 6And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you, and you shall prophesy with them, and shall be turned into another man. 7And let it be, when these signs are come to you, that you do as occasion serve you; for God is with you. 8And you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down to you, to offer burned offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shall you tarry, till 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. a changed 10And when they came there to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. 11And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among 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? MATT 13:57 12And one of the same place answered and said, But 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 went youp? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were nowhere, we came to Samuel. 15And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I pray you, what Samuel said to youp. 16And Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spoke, he told him not. Saul Proclaimed King17And Samuel called the people together to the Lord to Mizpeh; 18And said to the children of Israel, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered youp out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed youp: 19And youp have this day rejected yourp God, who Himself saved youp out of all yourp adversities and yourp tribulations; and youp have said to Him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselvesp before the Lord by yourp tribes, and by yourp thousands. 20And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. 21When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found. 22Therefore they inquired of the Lord further, if the man should yet come there. And the Lord answered, Behold, he has hidden himself among the stuff. supplies 23And they ran and brought him from there: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. taller 24And Samuel said to all the people, See youp him whom the Lord has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king. long live 25Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. 26And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. 27But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace. worthlessness, wickedness The Trusted King James in an Easy Read Format® is a registered trademarks of Whitaker Corporation. KJVERTM, Word of GodTM, Red Letter OldTM, Old Testament Direct Words of God in RedTM, King James Version Sword BibleTM, and SwordKJVTM are trademarked slogans of Whitaker Corporation. |
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