1 Samuel 10
- 1Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord has anointed you to be captain over his inheritance?
- 2When you have gone from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will say to you, The donkeys which you went to seek are found: and your father has left the care of the donkeys, and sorrows for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
- 3Then you shall go on forward from there, and you shall come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet you three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
- 4And they will greet you, and give you two loaves of bread. Which you shall receive of their hands.
- 5After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you shall meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a harp, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them. They shall prophesy:
- 6And the Spirit of the Lord will come on you, and you shall prophesy with them, and shall be turned into another man.
- 7And let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do as occasion serve you. For God is with you.
- 8And you shall go down before me to Gilgal. I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shall you stay, till I come to you, and show you what you shall do.
- 9And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs happened that day.
- 10And when they came there to the hill a company of prophets met him. The Spirit of God came on him, and he prophesied among them.
- 11When all that knew him in the past saw that he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that has come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
- 12And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
- 13And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
- 14And Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, Where did you go? And he said, To seek the donkeys: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel.
- 15And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray you, what Samuel said to you.
- 16And Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the donkeys were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he did not tell him.
- 17And Samuel called the people together to the Lord to Mizpeh.
- 18And said to the children of Israel, The Lord God of Israel says this, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of those who oppressed you:
- 19And you have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your troubles. You have said to him, No, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands.
- 20And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
- 21When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.
- 22Therefore they asked the Lord further, if the man should yet come there. And the Lord answered, See he has hid himself among the stuff.
- 23And they ran and brought him from there: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
- 24And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see the one the Lord has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
- 25Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
- 26And Saul also went home to Gibeah. There went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
- 27But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought no presents. But he said nothing.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of 1 Samuel 10 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVThen Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
GIGAKJVThen Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord has anointed you to be captain over his inheritance?
KJVWhen thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
GIGAKJVWhen you have gone from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will say to you, The donkeys which you went to seek are found: and your father has left the care of the donkeys, and sorrows for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
KJVThen shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
GIGAKJVThen you shall go on forward from there, and you shall come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet you three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
KJVAnd they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.
GIGAKJVAnd they will greet you, and give you two loaves of bread. Which you shall receive of their hands.
KJVAfter that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
GIGAKJVAfter that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you shall meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a harp, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them. They shall prophesy:
KJVAnd the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
GIGAKJVAnd the Spirit of the Lord will come on you, and you shall prophesy with them, and shall be turned into another man.
KJVAnd let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
GIGAKJVAnd let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do as occasion serve you. For God is with you.
KJVAnd thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall go down before me to Gilgal. I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shall you stay, till I come to you, and show you what you shall do.
KJVAnd it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.
GIGAKJVAnd it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs happened that day.
KJVAnd when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.
GIGAKJVAnd when they came there to the hill a company of prophets met him. The Spirit of God came on him, and he prophesied among them.
KJVAnd it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
GIGAKJVWhen all that knew him in the past saw that he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that has come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
KJVAnd Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel.
GIGAKJVAnd Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, Where did you go? And he said, To seek the donkeys: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel.
KJVAnd Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
GIGAKJVAnd Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray you, what Samuel said to you.
KJVAnd Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.
GIGAKJVAnd Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the donkeys were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he did not tell him.
KJVAnd Samuel called the people together unto the Lord to Mizpeh;
GIGAKJVAnd Samuel called the people together to the Lord to Mizpeh.
KJVAnd said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:
GIGAKJVAnd said to the children of Israel, The Lord God of Israel says this, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of those who oppressed you:
KJVAnd ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands.
GIGAKJVAnd you have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your troubles. You have said to him, No, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands.
KJVTherefore they enquired of the Lord further, if the man should yet come thither. And the Lord answered, Behold he hath hid himself among the stuff.
GIGAKJVTherefore they asked the Lord further, if the man should yet come there. And the Lord answered, See he has hid himself among the stuff.
KJVAnd they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
GIGAKJVAnd they ran and brought him from there: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
KJVAnd Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
GIGAKJVAnd Samuel said to all the people, Do you see the one the Lord has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
KJVAnd Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
GIGAKJVAnd Saul also went home to Gibeah. There went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
KJVBut the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace.
GIGAKJVBut the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought no presents. But he said nothing.
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