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 in front of them, and 4they will be prophesying. 6Then 5the Spirit of the Lord will rush upon you, and 6you will prophesy with them and be changed into a different man. 7And it shall be when these signs come to you, 7do for yourself what 8the occasion requires, because 9God is with you. 8And 10you shall go down ahead of me to Gilgal; and behold, I will be coming down to you to offer burnt offerings and 11sacrifice peace offerings. 12You shall wait seven days until I come to you and inform you of what you should do.”

9Then it happened, when he turned his back to leave Samuel, that God 13changed 14his heart; and all those signs came about on that day. 1015When they came there to 16the hill, behold, a group of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God rushed upon him, so that he prophesied among them. 11And it came about, when all who previously knew him saw that he was indeed prophesying with the prophets, that the people said to one another, “What is this that has happened to the son of Kish? 17Is Saul also among the prophets?” 12And a man from there responded and said, “And who is their father?” Therefore it became a saying: “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 were nowhere to 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.

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