4. After they greet you, they'll give you two loaves of bread.
5. Next, go to Gibeah, where the Philistines have an army camp. As you're going into the town, you'll meet a group of prophets coming down from the place of worship. They'll be going along prophesying while others are walking in front of them, playing small harps, small drums, and flutes.
6. The Spirit of the Lord will suddenly take control of you. You'll become a different person and start prophesying along with them.
7. After these things happen, do whatever you think is right! God will help you.
8. Then you should go to Gilgal. I'll come a little later, so wait for me. It may even take a week for me to get there, but when I come, I'll offer sacrifices and offerings to the Lord. I'll also tell you what to do next.
9. As Saul turned around to leave Samuel, God made Saul feel like a different person. That same day, everything happened just as Samuel had said.
10. When Saul arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. The Spirit of God suddenly took control of him, and there in the middle of the group he began prophesying.
11. Some people who had known Saul for a long time saw that he was speaking and behaving like a prophet. They said to each other, “What's happened? How can Saul be a prophet?”
12. “Why not?” one of them answered. “Saul has as much right to be a prophet as anyone else!” That's why everyone started saying, “How can Saul be a prophet?”
13. After Saul stopped prophesying, he went to the place of worship.
14. Later, Saul's uncle asked him, “Where have you been?”Saul answered, “Looking for the donkeys. We couldn't find them, so we went to talk with Samuel.”
15. “And what did he tell you?” Saul's uncle asked.
16. Saul answered, “He told us the donkeys had been found.” But Saul didn't mention that Samuel had chosen him to be king.
17. Samuel sent messengers to tell the Israelites to come to Mizpah and meet with the Lord.