I Samuel · Chapter 9 King James Version

I Samuel 9:1

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The Scripture

(1) Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

Saul, a young and handsome Benjamite, went searching for his father's lost donkeys and was led by his servant to consult the seer Samuel in the land of Zuph. Samuel had been forewarned by the LORD of Saul's coming and told him the donkeys were found, then privately anointed him as prince over Israel.

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