16 And Saul said to his uncle, 'He told us that the donkeys would be found.' But the word about the kingdom, which Samuel had spoken to him, he did not reveal to him.
17 And Samuel called the people together, to the Lord at Mizpah.
18 And he said to the sons of Israel: 'Thus says the Lord God of Israel: I led Israel away from Egypt, and I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of all the kings who were afflicting you.
19 But today you have rejected your God, who alone saved you from all your evils and tribulations. And you have said: 'By no means! Instead, appoint a king over us.' Now therefore, stand in the sight of the Lord, by your tribes and by your families.'
20 And Samuel brought near all the tribes of Israel, and the lot fell upon the tribe of Benjamin.
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