1 Samuel 9:15-27

15Now a day before Saul’s coming, 1the Lord had 2revealed this to Samuel, saying, 16“About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and 3you shall anoint him as ruler over My people Israel; and he will save My people from the hand of the Philistines. For 4I have considered My people, because their outcry has come to Me.” 17When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord 5said to him, “6Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you! This one shall rule over My people.” 18Then Saul approached Samuel at the gateway and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.” 19And Samuel answered Saul and said, “I am the seer. Go up ahead of me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today; and in the morning I will let you go, and will tell you everything that is on your mind. 207And as for your donkeys that wandered off three days ago, do not be concerned about them, for they have been found. And 8for whom is everything that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you and for all your father’s household?” 21Saul replied, “9Am I not a Benjaminite, of 10the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the 11tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?”

22Then Samuel took Saul and his servant and brought them into the hall, and gave them a place at the head of those who were invited, who were about thirty men. 23And Samuel said to the cook, “12Serve the portion that I gave you about which I said to you, ‘Set it 13aside.’” 24Then the cook 14took up the leg with what was on it and placed it before Saul. And Samuel said, “Here is what has been reserved! Place it before you and eat, because it has been kept for you until the appointed time, 15since I said I have invited the people.” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

25When they came down from the high place into the city, 16Samuel spoke with Saul 17on the roof. 26And they got up early; and at daybreak Samuel called to Saul on the roof, saying, “Get up, so that I may send you on your way.” So Saul got up, and both he and Samuel went out into the street. 27As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Speak to the servant and have him go on ahead of us and pass by; but you stand here now, so that I may proclaim the word of God to you.”