1 Samuel 10:19-21
Good News Translation
19 I am your God, the one who rescues you from all your troubles and difficulties, but today you have rejected me and have asked me to give you a king. Very well, then, gather yourselves before the Lord by tribes and by clans.’”
20 Then Samuel had each tribe come forward, and the Lord picked the tribe of Benjamin. 21 Then Samuel had the families of the tribe of Benjamin come forward, and the family of Matri was picked out. Then the men of the family of Matri came forward,[a] and Saul son of Kish was picked out. They looked for him, but when they could not find him,
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- 1 Samuel 10:21 One ancient translation Then the men of the family of Matri came forward; Hebrew does not have these words.
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