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21 Then he had the tribe of Benjamin (son of the right hand) come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri (rain of YHWH) was selected. [And he brought the family of the Matrites near, man by man.] Finally, Saul (desired) son of Kish (bent) was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him. 22 So again they inquired of the LORD {YHWH}, “Has the man come here yet?” And the LORD replied, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.” 23 So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others. 24 Samuel (his name is El) said to all the people, “Do you⁺ see the one the LORD {YHWH} has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!” 25 Then Samuel (his name is El) explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD {YHWH}. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home. 26 Saul (desired) also went to his home in Gibeah (hill), and the men of valor whose hearts God {Elohim} had touched went with him. 27 But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it. [Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had viciously oppressed the people of Gad and Reuben, gouging out the right eye of each Israelite dwelling there. He would not allow anyone to rescue them, and there was no Israelite east of the Jordan whose right eye had not been gouged out. But 7,000 men had escaped from the Ammonites and settled in Jabesh-gilead.] 1 Samuel 10:21-27, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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