14. So they entered the town, and as they passed through the gates, Samuel was coming out toward them to go up to the place of worship.
15. Now the lord had told Samuel the previous day,
16. “About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him to be the leader of my people, Israel. He will rescue them from the Philistines, for I have looked down on my people in mercy and have heard their cry.”