1 Samuel 10:19-21
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19 Today, though, you have rejected the True God who has saved you from every disaster and distress, and you have asked for a king to rule over you. If that is what you want, then line up by tribe and clan in front of the Eternal One.
20 So Samuel brought all of the tribes of Israel in front of him, and he chose the tribe of Benjamin by drawing lots. 21 Then he sorted through the clans of the tribe of Benjamin by the same method, and the clan of the Matrites was chosen. [Within that clan, he brought each man forward one by one,][a] and Saul, son of Kish, was chosen. But when they looked for him, he was nowhere to be found.
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- 10:21 Hebrew manuscripts omit this portion.
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