12. "He’s just ahead of you," they answered. "Hurry up! He has just come to town because there is a sacrifice today for the people at the shrine.
13. You’ll find him as soon as you enter the town, before he goes up to the shrine to eat. The people won’t eat until he gets there, because he must bless the sacrifice. Only after that can the invited guests eat. Now get going because you’ll find him momentarily."
14. So Saul and the boy went up to the town, and as they entered it, suddenly Samuel came toward them on his way up to the shrine.
15. Now the day before Saul came, the Lord had revealed the following to Samuel:
16. "About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the Benjaminite territory. You will anoint him as leader of my people Israel. He will save my people from the Philistines’ power because I have seen the suffering of my people, and their cry for help has reached me."
17. When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord told him, "That’s the man I told you about. That’s the one who will rule my people."
18. Saul approached Samuel in the city gate and said, "Please tell me where the seer’s house is."