15. Saul’s uncle said, “Tell me what Samuel said to you.”
16. Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But he did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.
17. Samuel summoned the people of Israel to the Lord at Mizpah
18. and said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the power of Egypt and all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’
19. But you have now rejected your God, who saves you out of all your disasters and calamities. And you have said, ‘No, appoint a king over us.’ So now present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.”
20. When Samuel had all Israel come forward by tribes, the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot.