1 Samuel 10:1-16 ▼

1 And Samuel took a flask of the oil and poured it on his head, and he kissed him and said, “Is it not because YHWH has anointed you over His inheritance as ruler?

2 When you have departed today from me, you will find two men by the tomb of Rachel in the territory of Benjamin in Zelzah. And they will say to you, ‘The donkeys have been found that you went to look for. And behold, your father has ceased the matter of the donkeys, and is worrying about you?, saying, “What shall I do about my son?”’

3 And you shall go on from there and beyond, and come to the Oak of Tabor, and there will meet you three men going up to God at Bethel, one carrying three young goats, and one carrying three loaves of bread, and one carrying a skin of wine;

4 and they will greet you and give to you two loaves of bread, and you shall receive from their hands.

5 After that you shall come to Gibeath-Elohim, where there is the garrison of the Philistines. And it will come to pass when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, and before their face will be a harp, and a tambourine, and a flute, and a lyre, and they will be prophesying.

6 And the Spirit of YHWH will come upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man.

7 And it will come to pass, when these signs come to you, that you shall do for yourself as your hand finds, for God is with you.

8 And you shall go down before me to Gilgal, and surely 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 should do.

9 And it came to pass, at his turning his back to go from Samuel, that God gave to him another heart, and all these signs came on that day.

10 And they came there to Gibeah, and there was a group of prophets to meet him, and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied in their midst.

11 And it came to pass that all who knew him before now saw, and behold, among the prophets he prophesied, and the people said one to another, “What is this that has come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

12 And a man from there answered and said, “And who is their father?” Upon thus it became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

13 And he had finished prophesying, and he went to the high place.

14 And the uncle of Saul said to him and his servant, “Where did you? go?” And he said, “To look for the donkeys. And we saw that they were not, and we went to Samuel.”

15 And the uncle of Saul said, “Please declare to me what Samuel said to you?.”

16 And Saul said to his uncle, “He surely declared to us that the donkeys had been found.” And about the matter of the kingdom he did not declare to him what Samuel had said.