17. When Samuel noticed Saul, the Lord told him, “There’s the man I told you about. This man will govern my people.”
18. Saul approached Samuel inside the gateway and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”
19. Samuel replied, “I’m the seer. Go ahead of me to the worship site. You will eat with me today. In the morning I’ll let you go after I tell you all that’s on your mind.
20. Don’t trouble yourself about the donkeys that were lost three days ago because they’ve been found. Who will have all that is desirable in Israel? Won’t it be you and your father’s family?”
21. Saul replied, “I am a man from the tribe of Benjamin, the smallest tribe of Israel. My family is the most insignificant of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin. So why are you saying such things to me?”
22. Samuel brought Saul and his servant to the banquet hall and had them sit at the head of the guests—about 30 people.
23. Samuel said to the cook, “Bring me the portion of the sacrificial meat that I gave you and told you to put aside.”