1 Samuel 10:17-23

1 Samuel 10:17-23

[17] And Samuel  called  the people  together unto the LORD  to Mizpeh;  [18] And said  unto the children  of Israel,  Thus saith  the LORD  God  of Israel,  I brought up  Israel  out of Egypt,  and delivered  you out of the hand  of the Egyptians,  and out of the hand  of all kingdoms,  and of them that oppressed  you: [19] And ye have this day  rejected  your God,  who himself saved  you out of all your adversities  and your tribulations;  and ye have said  unto him, Nay, but set  a king  over us. Now therefore present  yourselves before  the LORD  by your tribes,  and by your thousands.  [20] And when Samuel  had caused all the tribes  of Israel  to come near,  the tribe  of Benjamin  was taken.  [21] When he had caused the tribe  of Benjamin  to come near  by their families,  of Matri  was taken,  and Saul  the son  of Kish  was taken:  and when they sought  him, he could not be found.  [22] Therefore they enquired  of the LORD  further, if the man  should yet come  thither.  And the LORD  answered,  Behold, he hath hid  himself among the stuff.  [23] And they ran  and fetched  him thence: and when he stood  among  the people,  he was higher  than any of the people  from his shoulders  and upward.