14. And Saul’s uncle said to him and to his servant, “Where did you go?”And he said, “To seek the donkeys. And when we saw that they were nowhere around, we went to Samuel.”
15. Saul’s uncle said, “Please tell me what Samuel said to you.”
16. Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the donkeys were found.” But the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel had spoken, he did not mention.
17. Therefore Samuel called the people together unto the Lord at Mizpah.
18. And he said to the children of Israel, “Thus says the Lord, the 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. But you have today rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and your distresses. And you have said to Him, ‘No, but set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your clans.”
20. So Samuel brought near all the tribes of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
21. Then he brought near the tribe of Benjamin by its families. And the family of Matri was chosen. Then Saul the son of Kish was taken. But when they sought him, he could not be found.
22. Therefore they inquired again of the Lord, “Has the man come here yet?”And the Lord answered, “He has hidden himself among the equipment.”