1 Samuel 10:5-18

5Afterward you will come to 12the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is; and it shall be as soon as you have come there to the city, that you will meet 3a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and a lyre before them, and 4they will be prophesying. 6Then 5the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you mightily, and 6you shall prophesy with them and be changed into another man. 7It shall be when these signs come to you, 7do for yourself what 8the occasion requires, for 9God is with you. 8And 10you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and 11sacrifice peace offerings. 12You shall wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you should do.”

9Then it happened when he turned his back to leave Samuel, God 13changed 14his heart; and all those signs came about on that day. 1015When they came to 16the hill there, behold, a group of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him mightily, so that he prophesied among them. 11It came about, when all who knew him previously saw that he prophesied now with the prophets, that the people said to one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? 17Is Saul also among the prophets?” 12A man there said, “Now, who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb: “18Is Saul also among the prophets?” 13When he had finished prophesying, he came to the high place.

14Now 19Saul’s uncle said to him and his servant, “Where did you go?” And he said, “20To look for the donkeys. When we saw that they could not be found, we went to Samuel.” 15Saul’s uncle said, “Please tell me what Samuel said to you.” 16So Saul said to his uncle, “21He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found.” But he did not tell him about the matter of the kingdom which Samuel had mentioned.

17Thereafter Samuel called the 22people together to the Lord at Mizpah; 18and he said to the sons of Israel, “23Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘I brought Israel up from Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the 24power of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’