23. They ran and brought him out, and as he stood among the people he was a head taller than any of the others.
24. Samuel said to all the people, ‘Do you see the man the Lord has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.’Then the people shouted, ‘Long live the king!’
25. Samuel explained to the people the rights and duties of kingship. He wrote them down on a scroll and deposited it before the Lord. Then Samuel dismissed the people to go to their own homes.
26. Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, accompanied by valiant men whose hearts God had touched.
27. But some scoundrels said, ‘How can this fellow save us?’ They despised him and brought him no gifts. But Saul kept silent.