{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/1-samuel/10","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T22:04:58.396Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"1 Samuel","bookSlug":"1-samuel","chapter":10,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":9,"nextChapter":11,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":27},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, |Isn't it that Yahweh has anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"When you have departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you, 'The donkeys which you went to seek have been found; and behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, |What shall I do for my son?|'"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"|Then you shall go on forward from there, and you shall come to the oak of Tabor; and three men shall meet you there going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three young goats, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"and they will greet you, and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive of their hand."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"|After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall happen, when you have come there to the city, that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying:"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"and the Spirit of Yahweh will come mightily on you, and you shall prophesy with them, and shall be turned into another man."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do as occasion shall serve you; for God is with you."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"|You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: you shall wait seven days, until I come to you, and show you what you shall do.|"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"It was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs happened that day."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"When they came there to the hill, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on him, and he prophesied among them."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"It happened, when all who knew him before saw that, behold, he prophesied with 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?|"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"One of the same place answered, |Who is their father?| Therefore it became a proverb, |Is Saul also among the prophets?|"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"When he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, |Where did you go?| He said, |To seek the donkeys. When we saw that they were not found, we came to Samuel.|"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Saul's uncle said, |Please tell me what Samuel said to you.|"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Saul said to his uncle, |He told us plainly that the donkeys were found.| But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he didn't tell him."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Samuel called the people together to Yahweh to Mizpah;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"and he said to the children of Israel, |Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you:'"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"but you have this day rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him, '[No], but set a king over us.' Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes, and by your thousands.|"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families; and the family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken: but when they sought him, he could not be found."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, |Is there yet a man to come here?| Yahweh answered, |Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.|"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"They ran and fetched him there; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Samuel said to all the people, |You see him whom Yahweh has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?| All the people shouted, and said, |[Long] live the king!|"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Then Samuel told the people the regulations of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Yahweh. Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the army, whose hearts God had touched."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"But certain worthless fellows said, |How shall this man save us?| They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Samuel 10 (WEB)","markdown":"[1 Samuel 10](https://primebible.com/web/1-samuel/10)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/1-samuel/10 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}