12. And an ish from that place answered and said, And who is avihem (their father, cf Amos 7:14)? Therefore it became a mashal (proverb), Is Sha'ul also among the nevi'im?
13. And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the bamah (high place).
14. And the dod Sha'ul said unto him and to his na'ar, Where went ye? And he said, To search for the donkeys; and when we saw that they were nowhere, we came to Shmuel.
15. And the dod Sha'ul said, Tell me, now, what Shmuel said unto you.
16. And Sha'ul said unto his dod, He told us plainly that the donkeys were found. But of the matter of the melukhah (kingship), whereof Shmuel spoke, he told him not.
17. And Shmuel called HaAm together unto Hashem at Mitzpah;