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1 Samuel

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1 Now there was a man of Ben­jamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Ze­ror, the son of Be­chor­ath, the son of Aphi­ah, a Ben­jamite, a mighty man of pow­er. 2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a good­ly: and there was not among the chil­dren of Is­rael a goodli­er per­son than he: from his shoul­ders and up­ward he was high­er than any of the peo­ple. 3 And the ass­es of Kish Saul's fa­ther were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the ser­vants with thee, and arise, go seek the ass­es. 4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shal­isha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shal­im, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Ben­jamites, but they found them not. 5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his ser­vant that was with him, Come, and let us re­turn; lest my fa­ther leave caring for the ass­es, and take thought for us. 6 And he said unto him, Be­hold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an hon­ourable man; all that he saith cometh sure­ly to pass: now let us go thith­er; per­ad­ven­ture he can shew us our way that we should go. 7 Then said Saul to his ser­vant, But, be­hold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our ves­sels, and there is not a pre­sent to bring to the man of God: what have we? 8 And the ser­vant an­swered Saul again, and said, Be­hold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of sil­ver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. 9 (Be­fore­time in Is­rael, when a man went to en­quire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was be­fore­time called a Seer.) 10 Then said Saul to his ser­vant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was. 11 And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maid­ens go­ing out to draw wa­ter, and said unto them, Is the seer here? 12 And they an­swered them, and said, He is; be­hold, he is be­fore you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sac­ri­fice of the peo­ple to day in the high place: 13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straight­way find him, be­fore he go up to the high place to eat: for the peo­ple will not eat un­til he come, be­cause he doth bless the sac­ri­fice; and af­ter­wards they eat that be bid­den. Now there­fore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him. 14 And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, be­hold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place. 15 Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day be­fore Saul came, say­ing, 16 To mor­row about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Ben­jamin, and thou shalt anoint him ­to be cap­tain over my peo­ple Is­rael, that he may save my peo­ple out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my peo­ple, be­cause their cry is come unto me. 17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Be­hold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my peo­ple. 18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is. 19 And Samuel an­swered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up be­fore me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to mor­row I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. 20 And as for thine ass­es that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the de­sire of Is­rael? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house? 21 And Saul an­swered and said, Am not I a Ben­jamite, of the small­est of the tribes of Is­rael? and my fam­i­ly the least of all the fam­i­lies of the tribe of Ben­jamin? where­fore then speak­est thou so to me? 22 And Samuel took Saul and his ser­vant, and brought them into the par­lour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bid­den, which were about thir­ty per­sons. 23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the por­tion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. 24 And the cook took up the shoul­der, and that which was upon it, and set it be­fore Saul. And Samuel said, Be­hold that which is left! set it be­fore thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have in­vit­ed the peo­ple. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day. 25 And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel com­muned with Saul upon the top of the house. 26 And they arose ear­ly: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, say­ing, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. 27 And as they were go­ing down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the ser­vant pass on be­fore us, (and he passed on, ) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.