Good News Bible

1 Samuel 10:4-11 Good News Bible (GNB)

4. They will greet you and offer you two of the loaves, which you are to accept.

5. Then you will go to the Hill of God in Gibeah, where there is a Philistine camp. At the entrance to the town you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the altar on the hill, playing harps, drums, flutes, and lyres. They will be dancing and shouting.

6. Suddenly the Spirit of the Lord will take control of you, and you will join in their religious dancing and shouting and will become a different person.

7. When these things happen, do whatever God leads you to do.

8. You will go ahead of me to Gilgal, where I will meet you and offer burnt sacrifices and fellowship sacrifices. Wait there seven days until I come and tell you what to do.”

9. When Saul turned to leave Samuel, God gave Saul a new nature. And everything Samuel had told him happened that day.

10. When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Suddenly the Spirit of God took control of him, and he joined in their ecstatic dancing and shouting.

11. People who had known him before saw him doing this and asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Has Saul become a prophet?”