1 Samuel 9:21-23

New English Translation

²¹ Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjaminite, from the smallest of Israel’s tribes, and is not my family clan the smallest of all the clans in the tribe of Benjamin? Why do you speak to me in this way?”

²² Then Samuel brought^[a] Saul and his servant into the room and gave them a place at the head of those who had been invited. There were about thirty people present. ²³ Samuel said to the cook, “Give me the portion of meat that I gave to you—the one I asked you to keep with you.”