1 Samuel 10

Samuel anoints Saul captain of the Lord's inheritance, 1 Samuel 10:1 . Instructs him concerning his return home, whom he should meet, and what he should do, 1 Samuel 10:2-8 . Saul meets a company of prophets, the Spirit of the Lord comes on him, and he prophesies among them, 1 Samuel 10:9-13 . He meets his uncle, and converses with him, 1 Samuel 10:14-16 . Samuel calls the people together to Mizpeh, and upbraids them for having rejected the Lord as their king, 1 Samuel 10:17-19 . Lots are cast to find out the person proper to be appointed king; Saul is chosen, 1 Samuel 10:20-24 . Samuel shows the manner of the king, and writes it in a book, 1 Samuel 10:25 . Saul goes to Gibeah; and certain persons refuse to acknowledge him as king, 1 Samuel 10:26 , 1 Samuel 10:27 .