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World English Bible

1 Samuel 10 (WEBP)

[1] Then Samuel took the vial of oil and poured it on his head, then kissed him and said, “Hasn’t Yahweh anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?
[2] When you have departed from me today, then you will find two men by Rachel’s tomb, on the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will tell you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for 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?”’
[3] “Then you will go on forward from there, and you will come to the oak of Tabor. Three men will 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 container of wine.
[4] They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive from their hand.
[5] “After that you will come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is; and it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a lute, a tambourine, a pipe, and a harp before them; and they will be prophesying.
[6] Then Yahweh’s Spirit will come mightily on you, then you will prophesy with them and will be turned into another man.
[7] Let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do what is appropriate for the occasion; for God is with you.
[8] “Go down ahead of me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings. Wait seven days, until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”
[9] 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.
[10] 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.
[11] When all who knew him before saw that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said to one another, “What is this that has come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
[12] One from the same place answered, “Who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
[13] When he had finished prophesying, he came to the high place.
[14] 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.”
[15] Saul’s uncle said, “Please tell me what Samuel said to you.”
[16] 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.
[17] Samuel called the people together to Yahweh to Mizpah;
[18] and he said to the children of Israel, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says ‘I brought Israel up 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.’
[19] But you have today rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him, ‘No! Set a king over us!’ Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes and by your thousands.”
[20] So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen.
[21] He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families and the family of the Matrites was chosen. Then Saul the son of Kish was chosen; but when they looked for him, he could not be found.
[22] Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, “Is there yet a man to come here?” Yahweh answered, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”
[23] They ran and got him there. When he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
[24] Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom Yahweh has chosen, that there is no one like him among all the people?” All the people shouted and said, “Long live the king!”
[25] 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.
[26] Saul also went to his house in Gibeah; and the army went with him, whose hearts God had touched.
[27] But certain worthless fellows said, “How could this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no tribute. But he held his peace.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Samuel 10 (KJVS)

[1] Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
[2] When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
[3] Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth-el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
[4] and they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.
[5] After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
[6] and the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
[7] And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
[8] And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.
[9] And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.
[10] And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.
[11] And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
[12] And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
[13] And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
[14] And Saul’s uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel.
[15] And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
[16] And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.
[17] And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord to Mizpeh;
[18] and said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:
[19] and ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands.
[20] And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
[21] When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.
[22] Therefore they enquired of the Lord further, if the man should yet come thither. And the Lord answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
[23] And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
[24] And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
[25] Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
[26] And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
[27] But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

1 Samuel 10:2 Heb. the business
1 Samuel 10:4 Heb. ask thee of peace
1 Samuel 10:7 Heb. do for thee as thine hand shall find
1 Samuel 10:9a Heb. shoulder
1 Samuel 10:9b Heb. turned
1 Samuel 10:11 Heb. a man to his neighbor
1 Samuel 10:12 Heb. from thence
1 Samuel 10:24 Heb. let the king live
1 Samuel 10:27 Or, he was, as though he had been deaf

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

1 Samuel 10 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () Σαμουηλ () τὸν () φακὸν τοῦ () ἐλαίου () καὶ () ἐπέχεεν () ἐπὶ () τὴν () κεφαλὴν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐφίλησεν () αὐτὸν () καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Οὐχὶ () κέχρικέν () σε () κύριος () εἰς () ἄρχοντα () ἐπὶ () τὸν () λαὸν () αὐτοῦ, () ἐπὶ () Ισραηλ; () Καὶ () σὺ () ἄρξεις () ἐν () λαῷ () κυρίου, () καὶ () σὺ () σώσεις () αὐτὸν () ἐκ () χειρὸς () ἐχθρῶν () αὐτοῦ () κυκλόθεν. () Καὶ () τοῦτό () σοι () τὸ () σημεῖον () ὅτι () ἔχρισέν () σε () κύριος () ἐπὶ () κληρονομίαν () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () ἄρχοντα· ()
[2] ὡς () ἂν () ἀπέλθῃς () σήμερον () ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ, () καὶ () εὑρήσεις () δύο () ἄνδρας () πρὸς () τοῖς () τάφοις () Ραχηλ () ἐν () τῷ () ὁρίῳ () Βενιαμιν () ἁλλομένους () μεγάλα, () καὶ () ἐροῦσίν () σοι () Εὕρηνται () αἱ () ὄνοι, () ἃς () ἐπορεύθητε () ζητεῖν, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ὁ () πατήρ () σου () ἀποτετίνακται () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τῶν () ὄνων () καὶ () ἐδαψιλεύσατο δι’ () ὑμᾶς () λέγων () Τί () ποιήσω () ὑπὲρ () τοῦ () υἱοῦ () μου; ()
[3] Καὶ () ἀπελεύσει () ἐκεῖθεν () καὶ () ἐπέκεινα () ἥξεις () ἕως () τῆς () δρυὸς Θαβωρ καὶ () εὑρήσεις () ἐκεῖ () τρεῖς () ἄνδρας () ἀναβαίνοντας () πρὸς () τὸν () θεὸν () εἰς () Βαιθηλ, ἕνα () αἴροντα () τρία () αἰγίδια καὶ () ἕνα () αἴροντα () τρία () ἀγγεῖα () ἄρτων () καὶ () ἕνα () αἴροντα () ἀσκὸν () οἴνου· ()
[4] καὶ () ἐρωτήσουσίν () σε () τὰ () εἰς () εἰρήνην () καὶ () δώσουσίν () σοι () δύο () ἀπαρχὰς () ἄρτων, () καὶ () λήμψῃ () ἐκ () τῆς () χειρὸς () αὐτῶν. ()
[5] Καὶ () μετὰ () ταῦτα () εἰσελεύσῃ () εἰς () τὸν () βουνὸν () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () οὗ () ἐστιν () ἐκεῖ () τὸ () ἀνάστημα τῶν () ἀλλοφύλων, () ἐκεῖ () Νασιβ ὁ () ἀλλόφυλος· () καὶ () ἔσται () ὡς () ἂν () εἰσέλθητε () ἐκεῖ () εἰς () τὴν () πόλιν, () καὶ () ἀπαντήσεις () χορῷ () προφητῶν () καταβαινόντων () ἐκ () τῆς () Βαμα, καὶ () ἔμπροσθεν () αὐτῶν () νάβλα καὶ () τύμπανον καὶ () αὐλὸς () καὶ () κινύρα, καὶ () αὐτοὶ () προφητεύοντες· ()
[6] καὶ () ἐφαλεῖται () ἐπὶ () σὲ () πνεῦμα () κυρίου, () καὶ () προφητεύσεις () μετ’ () αὐτῶν () καὶ () στραφήσῃ () εἰς () ἄνδρα () ἄλλον. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἔσται () ὅταν () ἥξει () τὰ () σημεῖα () ταῦτα () ἐπὶ () σέ, () ποίει () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἐὰν () εὕρῃ () ἡ () χείρ () σου, () ὅτι () θεὸς () μετὰ () σοῦ. ()
[8] Καὶ () καταβήσῃ () ἔμπροσθεν () τῆς () Γαλγαλα, καὶ () ἰδοὺ () καταβαίνω () πρὸς () σὲ () ἀνενεγκεῖν () ὁλοκαύτωσιν καὶ () θυσίας () εἰρηνικάς· () ἑπτὰ () ἡμέρας () διαλείψεις () ἕως () τοῦ () ἐλθεῖν () με () πρὸς () σέ, () καὶ () γνωρίσω () σοι () ἃ () ποιήσεις. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () ὥστε () ἐπιστραφῆναι () τῷ () ὤμῳ () αὐτοῦ () ἀπελθεῖν () ἀπὸ () Σαμουηλ, () μετέστρεψεν () αὐτῷ () ὁ () θεὸς () καρδίαν () ἄλλην· () καὶ () ἦλθεν () πάντα () τὰ () σημεῖα () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἔρχεται () ἐκεῖθεν () εἰς () τὸν () βουνόν, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () χορὸς () προφητῶν () ἐξ () ἐναντίας () αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () ἥλατο () ἐπ’ () αὐτὸν () πνεῦμα () θεοῦ, () καὶ () ἐπροφήτευσεν () ἐν () μέσῳ () αὐτῶν. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἐγενήθησαν () πάντες () οἱ () εἰδότες () αὐτὸν () ἐχθὲς () καὶ () τρίτην () καὶ () εἶδον () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () αὐτὸς () ἐν () μέσῳ () τῶν () προφητῶν, () καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () λαὸς () ἕκαστος () πρὸς () τὸν () πλησίον () αὐτοῦ () Τί () τοῦτο () τὸ () γεγονὸς () τῷ () υἱῷ () Κις; () Ἦ () καὶ () Σαουλ () ἐν () προφήταις; ()
[12] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () τις () αὐτῶν () καὶ () εἶπεν () Καὶ () τίς () πατὴρ () αὐτοῦ; () Διὰ () τοῦτο () ἐγενήθη () εἰς () παραβολήν () Ἦ () καὶ () Σαουλ () ἐν () προφήταις; ()
[13] Καὶ () συνετέλεσεν () προφητεύων () καὶ () ἔρχεται () εἰς () τὸν () βουνόν. ()
[14] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () οἰκεῖος () αὐτοῦ () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () καὶ () πρὸς () τὸ () παιδάριον () αὐτοῦ () Ποῦ () ἐπορεύθητε; () Καὶ () εἶπαν () Ζητεῖν () τὰς () ὄνους· () καὶ () εἴδαμεν () ὅτι () οὐκ () εἰσίν, () καὶ () εἰσήλθομεν () πρὸς () Σαμουηλ. ()
[15] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () οἰκεῖος () πρὸς () Σαουλ () Ἀπάγγειλον () δή () μοι () τί () εἶπέν () σοι () Σαμουηλ. ()
[16] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαουλ () πρὸς () τὸν () οἰκεῖον () αὐτοῦ () Ἀπήγγειλεν () ἀπαγγέλλων () μοι () ὅτι () εὕρηνται () αἱ () ὄνοι· () τὸ () δὲ () ῥῆμα () τῆς () βασιλείας () οὐκ () ἀπήγγειλεν () αὐτῷ. ()
[17] Καὶ () παρήγγειλεν () Σαμουηλ () παντὶ () τῷ () λαῷ () πρὸς () κύριον () εἰς () Μασσηφα
[18] καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () υἱοὺς () Ισραηλ () Τάδε () εἶπεν () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () Ισραηλ () λέγων () Ἐγὼ () ἀνήγαγον () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () Ισραηλ () ἐξ () Αἰγύπτου () καὶ () ἐξειλάμην () ὑμᾶς () ἐκ () χειρὸς () Φαραω () βασιλέως () Αἰγύπτου () καὶ () ἐκ () πασῶν () τῶν () βασιλειῶν () τῶν () θλιβουσῶν () ὑμᾶς· ()
[19] καὶ () ὑμεῖς () σήμερον () ἐξουθενήκατε () τὸν () θεόν, () ὃς () αὐτός () ἐστιν () ὑμῶν () σωτὴρ () ἐκ () πάντων () τῶν () κακῶν () ὑμῶν () καὶ () θλίψεων () ὑμῶν, () καὶ () εἴπατε () Οὐχί, () ἀλλ’ () ἢ () ὅτι () βασιλέα () στήσεις () ἐφ’ () ἡμῶν· () καὶ () νῦν () κατάστητε () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου () κατὰ () τὰ () σκῆπτρα ὑμῶν () καὶ () κατὰ () τὰς () φυλὰς () ὑμῶν. ()
[20] Καὶ () προσήγαγεν () Σαμουηλ () πάντα () τὰ () σκῆπτρα Ισραηλ, () καὶ () κατακληροῦται σκῆπτρον Βενιαμιν· ()
[21] καὶ () προσάγει () σκῆπτρον Βενιαμιν () εἰς () φυλάς, () καὶ () κατακληροῦται φυλὴ () Ματταρι· καὶ () προσάγουσιν () τὴν () φυλὴν () Ματταρι εἰς () ἄνδρας, () καὶ () κατακληροῦται Σαουλ () υἱὸς () Κις. () Καὶ () ἐζήτει () αὐτόν, () καὶ () οὐχ () εὑρίσκετο. ()
[22] Καὶ () ἐπηρώτησεν () Σαμουηλ () ἔτι () ἐν () κυρίῳ () Εἰ () ἔρχεται () ὁ () ἀνὴρ () ἐνταῦθα; Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () Ἰδοὺ () αὐτὸς () κέκρυπται () ἐν () τοῖς () σκεύεσιν. ()
[23] Καὶ () ἔδραμεν () καὶ () λαμβάνει () αὐτὸν () ἐκεῖθεν () καὶ () κατέστησεν () ἐν () μέσῳ () τοῦ () λαοῦ, () καὶ () ὑψώθη () ὑπὲρ () πάντα () τὸν () λαὸν () ὑπὲρ () ὠμίαν καὶ () ἐπάνω. ()
[24] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαμουηλ () πρὸς () πάντα () τὸν () λαόν () Εἰ () ἑοράκατε ὃν () ἐκλέλεκται () ἑαυτῷ () κύριος, () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔστιν () αὐτῷ () ὅμοιος () ἐν () πᾶσιν () ὑμῖν; () Καὶ () ἔγνωσαν () πᾶς () ὁ () λαὸς () καὶ () εἶπαν () Ζήτω () ὁ () βασιλεύς. ()
[25] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαμουηλ () πρὸς () τὸν () λαὸν () τὸ () δικαίωμα () τοῦ () βασιλέως () καὶ () ἔγραψεν () ἐν () βιβλίῳ () καὶ () ἔθηκεν () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου. () Καὶ () ἐξαπέστειλεν () Σαμουηλ () πάντα () τὸν () λαόν, () καὶ () ἀπῆλθεν () ἕκαστος () εἰς () τὸν () τόπον () αὐτοῦ. ()
[26] Καὶ () Σαουλ () ἀπῆλθεν () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () Γαβαα· καὶ () ἐπορεύθησαν () υἱοὶ () δυνάμεων, () ὧν () ἥψατο () κύριος () καρδίας () αὐτῶν, () μετὰ () Σαουλ. ()
[27] Καὶ () υἱοὶ () λοιμοὶ () εἶπαν () Τί () σώσει () ἡμᾶς () οὗτος; () Καὶ () ἠτίμασαν () αὐτὸν () καὶ () οὐκ () ἤνεγκαν () αὐτῷ () δῶρα. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.