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1 Samuel 10 1
Then Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said,“ Has the Lord not anointed you as ruler over His inheritance?
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1 Samuel 15 1
Then Samuel said to Saul,“ The Lord sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Israel; now therefore, listen to the words of the Lord.
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1 Samuel 12 12-1 Samuel 12 19
But when you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon was coming against you, you said to me,‘ No, but a king shall reign over us!’ Yet the Lord your God was your king.And now, behold, the king whom you have chosen, whom you have asked for, and behold, the Lord has put a king over you.If you will fear the Lord and serve Him, and listen to His voice and not rebel against the command of the Lord, then both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the Lord your God.But if you do not listen to the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the command of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord will be against you, even as it was against your fathers.Even now, take your stand and see this great thing which the Lord is going to do before your eyes.Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call to the Lord, that He will send thunder and rain. Then you will know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the Lord, by asking for yourselves a king.”So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.Then all the people said to Samuel,“ Pray to the Lord your God for your servants, so that we do not die; for we have added to all our sins this evil, by asking for ourselves a king.”
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1 Samuel 8 5-1 Samuel 9 2
and they said to him,“ Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint us a king to judge us like all the nations.”But the matter was displeasing in the sight of Samuel when they said,“ Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord.And the Lord said to Samuel,“ Listen to the voice of the people regarding all that they say to you, because they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being King over them.Like all the deeds which they have done since the day that I brought them up from Egypt even to this day— in that they have abandoned Me and served other gods— so they are doing to you as well.Now then, listen to their voice; however, you shall warn them strongly and tell them of the practice of the king who will reign over them.”So Samuel spoke all the words of the Lord to the people who had asked him for a king.And he said,“ This will be the practice of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and put them in his chariots for himself and among his horsemen, and they will run before his chariots.He will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to do his plowing and to gather in his harvest, and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.He will also take your daughters and use them as perfumers, cooks, and bakers.He will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants.And he will take a tenth of your seed and your vineyards and give it to his high officials and his servants.He will also take your male servants and your female servants, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and use them for his work.He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants.Then you will cry out on that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you on that day.”Yet the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said,“ No, but there shall be a king over us,so that we also may be like all the nations, and our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.”Now after Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the Lord’s hearing.And the Lord said to Samuel,“ Listen to their voice and appoint a king for them.” So Samuel said to the men of Israel,“ Go, every man to his city.”Now there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, son of a Benjaminite, a valiant mighty man.He had a son whose name was Saul, a young and handsome man, and there was not a more handsome man than he among the sons of Israel; from his shoulders and up he was taller than any of the people.
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1 Samuel 11 15
So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal. There they also offered sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
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1 Samuel 10 21-1 Samuel 10 26
Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin forward by its families, and the Matrite family was selected by lot. And Saul the son of Kish was selected by lot; but when they looked for him, he could not be found.Therefore they inquired further of the Lord:“ Has the man come here yet?” And the Lord said,“ Behold, he is hiding himself among the baggage.”So they ran and took him from there, and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.Samuel said to all the people,“ Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen? Surely there is no one like him among all the people.” So all the people shouted and said,“ Long live the king!”Then Samuel told the people the ordinances of the kingdom, and wrote them in the book, and placed it before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his house.Saul also went to his house in Gibeah; and the valiant men whose hearts God had touched went with him.
