1 Samuel 10 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
Then Samuel took a of olive oil, poured it over Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Yahweh has you as over his own people, hasn’t he?
When you leave me today, you’ll meet two men near at Zelzah, on the border of Benjamin. They’ll tell you, ‘The donkeys you went looking for have been found. And now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and is worried about you, saying, What should I do about my son?’
Then you’ll continue from there until you reach the at Three men going up to God at will meet you there — one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.
They’ll greet you and offer you two loaves of bread, which you should accept from them.
After that, you’ll come to of where there’s a As you approach the town, you’ll run into a group of prophets coming down from the playing harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they’ll be
The of will you and you’ll prophesy right along with them. You’ll be a
When these happen to you, do to do, because God is with you.
Go ahead of me down to I’ll come down to you to offer burnt and to sacrifice Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what to do.”
As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God gave him a And every one of those signs came true that same day.
When they arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him, and the Breath of God rushed over him powerfully. He prophesied right there among them.
When everyone who had known him before saw him prophesying with the prophets, they said to each other, “What’s happened to the of Is Saul really one of the prophets now?”
A man from there replied, “And who is their father?” That’s how the saying got started: “Is Saul really one of the prophets?”
When Saul finished prophesying, he went to the high place.
Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” Saul answered, “Looking for the donkeys. When we couldn’t find them, we went to Samuel.”
Saul’s uncle said, “Tell me — what did Samuel say to you?”
Saul told his uncle, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But he didn’t tell him anything about what Samuel had said regarding the
Samuel called the people together before Yahweh at
He said to the Israelites, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt. I you from the Egyptians and from every kingdom that was oppressing you.’
But today you have your God, who himself rescues you from all your disasters and troubles. You said to him, ‘No — put a king over us.’ So now, present yourselves before Yahweh by your and by your clans.”
When Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel forward, the tribe of Benjamin was
Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin forward by its clans, and the of was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, he couldn’t be found.
So they “Has the man come here yet?” And answered, “Yes — he’s hiding among the baggage.”
They ran and brought him out from there. When he stood among the people, he was a head taller than anyone else.
Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one Yahweh has There’s no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long the king!”
Samuel explained to the people the and of and wrote them down in a which he placed before Yahweh. Then Samuel sent everyone home.
Saul also went home to Gibeah, and with him went men had
But some said, “How can this guy us?” They despised him and brought him no But Saul it.