²⁰ So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel forward; and the tribe of Benjamin was selected by lot. ²¹ Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin forward by its families, and the Matrite family was selected by lot. And Saul the son of Kish was selected by lot; but when they looked for him, he could not be found.

²⁹ From the sons of Benjamin, ^(A)Saul’s kinsmen, three thousand; for until now ^(B)the majority of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.