4. And they will ask after thy welfare, and give thee two loaves, which thou shalt receive of their hands.
5. After that thou shalt come to the hill of God where are the outposts of the Philistines; and it shall come to pass, when thou comest thither, into the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with lute and tambour and pipe and harp before them; and they themselves prophesying.
6. And the Spirit of Jehovah will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
7. And it shall be, when these signs shall come to thee, thou shalt do as thy hand shall find; for God is with thee.
8. And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to thee, to offer up burnt-offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings: seven days shalt thou wait, until I come to thee and inform thee what thou shalt do.
9. And it was so that when he turned his back to go away from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all those signs came to pass that day.
10. And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.
11. And it came to pass, when all that knew him before saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
12. And a man of that place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
13. And when he had ended prophesying, he came to the high place.
14. And Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses; and when we saw that they were nowhere, we went to Samuel.
15. And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said to you.
16. And Saul said to his uncle, He told us for certain that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel had spoken, he told him not.
17. And Samuel called the people together to Jehovah to Mizpah.
18. And he said to the children of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you;