16 “Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince¹ over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For ^tI have seen² my people, because their cry has come to me.”

The Lord Rejects Saul

1 And Samuel said to Saul, “The Lord sent me to ^zanoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the Lord.

17 And Samuel said, “Though ^hyou are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord ⁱanointed you king over Israel.