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and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. (A)Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

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Saul Anointed King

10 (A)Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head (B)and kissed him and said, “Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince over (C)his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince[a] over his heritage.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 10:1 Septuagint; Hebrew lacks over his people Israel? And you shall…. to be prince