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did you go? And he said, To seek the donkeys: and when
we saw that they were nowhere, we came to Schmuel.
15 And Shaul's uncle said, Tell me, what did Schmuel say
to you?
16 And Shaul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the
donkeys were found. But of the matter of the malchut,
about which Schmuel spoke, he told him not.
17 And Schmuel called the people together to vuvh at
Mitzpah;
18 And said to the children of Yisrael, This says vuvh
Elohim of Yisrael, I brought up Yisrael out of Mitzrayim,
and delivered you out of the hand of the Mitzrim, and out
of the hand of all the malchutim, and from them that
oppressed you:
19 And you have this day rejected your Elohim, who
Himself saved you out of all your adversities and your
tribulations; and you have said to Him, No, but set a
melech over us. Now therefore present yourselves before
vuvh by your tribes, and by your thousands.
20 And when Schmuel had caused all the tribes of Yisrael
to come near, the tribe of Benyamin was taken.
21 When he had caused the tribe of Benyamin to come
near by their mishpachot, the mishpacha of Matri was
taken, and Shaul the son of Kish was taken: and when
they sought him, he could not be found.
22 Therefore they inquired of vuvh further, if the man
should yet come there. And vuvh answered, See, he has
hidden himself among the baggage.
23 And they ran and got him there: and when he stood
among the people, he was taller than any of the people
from his shoulders and upward.
24 And Schmuel said to all the people, See the man
whom vuvh has chosen, that there is none like him among
all the people? And all the people shouted, Long live the
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25 Then Schmuel told the people the manner of the
malchut, and wrote it in a scroll, and laid it up before
vuvh. And Schmuel sent all the people away, every man
to his bayit.
26 And Shaul also went home to Givah; and there went
with him a band of men, whose levim Elohim had
touched.
27 But the children of Beliyaal said, How shall this man
save us? And they despised him, and brought him no
presents. But he held his silence.
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the Ammonite came up, and
camped against Yavesh-Gilad: and all the men of Yavesh
said to Nachash, Make a brit with us, and we will serve
you.
2 And Nachash the Ammonite answered them, On this
condition will I make a brit with you, that I may thrust out
all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon kol
Yisrael.
3 And the zechanim of Yavesh said to him, Give us seven
days to rest, that we may send messengers to all the
borders of Yisrael: and then, if there is no man to save us,
we will come out to you.
4 Then came the messengers to Givat-Shaul, and told the
news in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up
their voices, and wept.
5 And, see, Shaul came behind the herd out of the field;
and Shaul said, What is wrong with the people that they
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weep? And they told him the news of the men of Yavesh.
6 And the Ruach of Elohim came upon Shaul when he
heard the news, and his anger was lit greatly.
7 And he took a yoke of cattle, and cut them in pieces,
and sent them throughout all the borders of Yisrael by the
hands of messengers, saying, Whoever comes not forth
with Shaul and Schmuel to battle, so shall it be done to
his cattle. And the fear of vuvh fell on the people, and
they came out in one accord.
8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of
Yisrael were three hundred thousand, and the men of
Yahudah thirty thousand. 775
9 And they said to the messengers that came, This shall
you say to the men of Yavesh-Gilad, Tomorrow, by the
time the sun is hot, you shall have help. And the
messengers came and showed it to the men of Yavesh;
and they had simcha.
10 Therefore the men of Yavesh said, Tomorrow we will
come out to meet you, and you shall do with us all that
seems tov to you.
11 And it was so on the next day, that Shaul put the
people in three companies; and they came into the midst
of the camp in the morning watch, and killed the
Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass,
that those who remained were scattered, so that not even
two of them were left together.
12 And the people said to Schmuel, Who is he that said,
Shall Shaul reign over us? Bring the men, that we may
put them to death.
13 And Shaul said, There shall not a man be put to death
this day: for today vuvh has brought deliverance in
Yisrael.
14 Then said Schmuel to the people, Come, and let us go
to Gilgal, and renew the malchut there. 776
15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made
Shaul melech before vuvh in Gilgal; and there they
sacrificed the sacrifices of shalom offerings before vuvh;
and there Shaul and all the men of Yisrael rejoiced
greatly.
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And Schmuel said to kol Yisrael, See, I have listened
to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a
melech over you.
2 And now, see, the melech walks before you: and I am
old and gray-headed; and, see, my sons are with you: and
I have had my halacha before you from my childhood to
this day.
3 See, here I am; witness against me before vuvh, and
before His anointed: whose cattle have I taken? Or, whose
donkey have I taken? Or, whom have I defrauded? Whom
have I oppressed? Or, from whose hand have I received
any bribe to blind my eyes with it? If so I will restore it
you.
4 And they said, You have not defrauded us, nor
oppressed us, neither have you taken anything from any
man's hand.
5 And he said to them, vuvh is witness against you, and
His anointed is witness this day, that you have not found
anything in my hand. And they answered, He is a witness.
6 And Schmuel said to the people, It is vuvh that
advanced Moshe and Aharon, and that brought your ahvot
up out of the land of Mitzrayim.
7 Now therefore stand still, that I may rehearse with you