1 Samuel 9
God spoke to Samuel, " ..Tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin... Anoint him ruler over my people Israel; he will deliver them from the hand of the Philistines... I have looked on my people, for their cry has reached me". The next day a Benjamite man named Saul arrived in search of some assistance in finding his family's lost donkeys. The Lord spoke to Samuel again, "This is the man I spoke to you about; he will govern my people". Samuel said to Saul, "Today you are to eat with me and in the morning I will send you on your way and will tell you all that is in your heart. As for your donkeys you lost, do not worry about them; they have been found. And to whom is all the desire of Israel turned, if not to you and your family line?" Samuel then brought Saul to the dinning area and seated him at the head of all those who were invited, and Saul was treated with much honor. Before Samuel sent him on his way at daybreak, he told Saul that he had a message for him from God.