25 Then Samuel told the people [a]the duty of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord, and Samuel sent all the people away every man to his house.

26 Saul also went home to Gibeah, and there followed him a band of men, whose heart God had touched.

27 But the wicked men said, How shall he save us? So they despised him, and brought him no presents: but he [b]held his tongue.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 10:25 As it is written in Deut. 17:15, etc.
  2. 1 Samuel 10:27 Both to avoid sedition, and also to win them by patience.

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