23. So they ran and took him from there. When he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
24. Then Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen? Truly there is none like him among all the people.”And all the people shouted and said, “Long live the king.”
25. Samuel told the people the ordinances of the kingdom, and wrote them in a book, and laid them 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 went with him a band of valiant men whose hearts God had touched.
27. But some worthless men said, “How will this man save us?” And they despised him, and did not bring him a present. But he remained silent.