New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Samuel 10:24-27

24SamuelH8050 saidH559 to allH3605 the peopleH5971, “Do you seeH7200 him 1whomH834 the LordH3068 has chosenH977? SurelyH3588 thereH369 isH369 noH369 oneH369 likeH3644 him among allH3605 the peopleH5971.” So allH3605 the peopleH5971 shoutedH7321 and saidH559, “2 3Long liveH2421 the kingH4428!”

25Then SamuelH8050 toldH1696 the peopleH5971 4the ordinancesH4941 of the kingdomH4410, and wroteH3789 them in the bookH5612, and 5placedH5117 it beforeH6440 the LordH3068. And SamuelH8050 sentH7971 allH3605 the peopleH5971 awayH7971, eachH376 oneH376 to his houseH1004. 26SaulH7586 alsoH1571 wentH1980 6to his houseH1004 in GibeahH1390; and the valiantH2428 men whoseH834 heartsH3820 GodH430 had touchedH5060 wentH1980 with him. 27But certain 7 8uselessH1100 menH1121 saidH559, “HowH4100 can thisH2088 oneH2088 saveH3467 us?” And they despisedH959 him and 9did not bringH935 him a giftH4503. But 10he keptH2790 silentH2790 about it.

Notes

1. 1 Samuel 10:24 Deut 17:15; 2 Sam 21:6 ↩
2. 1 Samuel 10:24 Lit May the king live ↩
3. 1 Samuel 10:24 1 Kin 1:25, 34, 39 ↩
4. 1 Samuel 10:25 Deut 17:14-20; 1 Sam 8:11-18 ↩
5. 1 Samuel 10:25 Deut 31:26 ↩
6. 1 Samuel 10:26 1 Sam 11:4; 15:34 ↩
7. 1 Samuel 10:27 Or wicked; lit sons of Belial ↩
8. 1 Samuel 10:27 Deut 13:13; 1 Sam 25:17 ↩
9. 1 Samuel 10:27 1 Kin 10:25; 2 Chr 17:5 ↩
10. 1 Samuel 10:27 A mutilated DSS fragment of uncertain reliability (4QSama) adds here that Nahash (11:1) gouged out the right eyes of Israelites ↩