AThen toke Samuel a glasse of oyle,
and poured it vp&obar; his heade, and kissed
him, and sayde: Seist thou that
the LORDE hath anoynted the, to be the prince
ouer note his enherita&ubar;ce? Whan thou goest
now fro me, thou shalt fynde two men besyde
note Rachels graue in the coast of BenIamin
at Zelzah, which shal saie vnto the: The
asses are founde, whom thou wentest to seke:
and beholde, thy father hath put the asses
out of his mynde, and taketh thoughte
for the, and sayeth: What shall I do for my
sonne?
And whan thou goest on forth from
thence, thou shalt come to the Oke of Thabor,
there shall thre men fynde the, which
go vp vnto God towarde Bethel: one beareth
thre kiddes, another thre loaues of bred
the thyrde a bottel with wyne: and they
shall salute the, and geue the two loaues,
which thou shalt take of their hande. B After
that shalt thou come to the hyll of God,
note where the Philistynes watch is: and wh&abar;
thou comest there in to the cite, there shall
mete the a company of prophetes commynge
downe from the hye place, and before
them a Psaltery, and tabret, a pype and a
harpe, and they them selues prophecienge.
And the sprete of the LORDE shall come
vpon the, and thou shalt prophecye with
them, and shalt be chaunged in to another
man.
Whan these tokens now come vnto the,
note then do what so euer commeth vnder thyne
hande: for God is with the. Thou shalt
go downe before me vnto Gilgall: Beholde,
thither wyl I come downe vnto the, that
thou mayest offre burntofferynges and deedofferynges.
noteSeuen dayes shalt thou tarye
till I come to the, and shewe the what thou
shuldest do. And whan he turned his shulder
to go from Samuel, God chaunged him
another hert, and all these tok&ebar;s came the same
daye.
C And whan they came vnto the hill, beholde,
there met him a company of prophetes note
and the sprete of God came vpon him, so
that he prophecyed amonge them. But
wh&abar; they which knewe him before, sawe him
that he prophecied with the prophetes, they
sayde all amonge them selues: What is happened
vnto the sonne of Cis? Is Saul also
amonge the prophetes? And one þt; was there,
answered and sayde: Who is their father?
noteHereof came the prouerbe: Is Saul also amonge
the prophetes? And wh&abar; he had left
of prophecienge, he came vp to the hyll.
Sauls vncle sayde vnto him and to his
childe: Whither wente ye? They answered:
To seke the asses. And whan we sawe that
they were awaye, we came vnto Samuel.
Then sayde Sauls vncle: Tell me, what sayde
Samuel vnto you? Saul answered his vncle:
He tolde vs, þt; the asses were fo&ubar;de. But
of þe; kyngdome he tolde him nothinge what
Samuel had sayde.
D Samuel called the people together vnto
the LORDE to Mispa, and spake vnto the
children of Israel: Thus saieth þe; LORDE the
God of Israel: I broughte Israel out of Egipte,
and delyuered you from the hande of
þe; Egipcians, and from the hande of all the
kyngdomes that oppressed you. noteBut now
haue ye refused yo&highr; God, which hath helped
you out of all youre sorowes and troubles, ∧
ye haue saide vnto him: Set a kinge ouer vs.
Well, stonde ye now before þe; LORDE acordinge
to youre trybes and kynreds.
Now whan Samuel had brought forth
all the trybes of Israel, the trybe of BenIamin
was taken. And whan he had broughte
forth the trybe of BenIamin with his kynreds,
the kynred of Matri was tak&ebar;, ∧ Saul
the sonne of Cis was tak&ebar;. And they sought
him, but they founde him not.
E Then axed they further at the LORDE,
whether he was for to come thither. The
LORDE answered: Beholde, he hath hyd
him selfe amonge þe; vessels. Then ranne they
thither, and fetched him. And whan he stode
amonge the people, he was hygher by
the heade then all the people. And Samuel
sayde vnto all the people: There se ye him
whom the LORDE hath chosen, for in all
-- --
the people there is none like him. Then gaue
all the people a shoute, and sayde: note God saue
the new kynge.
Samuel tolde the people all the note lawe of
the kyngdome, and wrote it in a boke, and
layed it before the LORDE. And Samuel
let all the people go, euery one to his awne
house. And Saul wente home also vnto Gibea,
and there wente with him one parte of
the hoost, whose hertes God had touched.
But the childr&ebar; of Belial sayde: What shal
this felowe helpe vs, note and despysed him, ∧
broughte him no presente. But he made him
as though he herde it not.
