22. Therefore they asked of the Lord further, “Is there yet a man to come here?”The Lord answered, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”
23. They ran and got him there. When he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
24. Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen, that there is no one like him among all the people?”All the people shouted, and said, “Long live the king!”
25. Then Samuel told the people the regulations of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord. Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
26. Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and the army went with him, whose hearts God had touched.
27. But certain worthless fellows said, “How could this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.