¹⁵ Now the day before Saul came, the word of God had come to Samuel, saying,

²¹ Then at their request for a king, God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, who was their king for forty years.

¹ And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to put the holy oil on you and to make you king over his people, over Israel: so give ear now to the words of the Lord.

²³ For this night there came to my side an angel of the God who is my Master and whose servant I am,

¹³ And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them, Go into the town, and there will come to you a man with a vessel of water: go after him;

¹⁴ And wherever he goes in, say to the owner of the house, The Master says, Where is my guest-room, where I may take the Passover with my disciples?

¹⁵ And he will take you up himself to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready for us.

¹⁶ And the disciples went out and came into the town, and saw that it was as he had said: and they made ready the Passover.

² And said to them, Go into the little town opposite: and when you come to it, you will see a young ass with a cord round his neck, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose, and come back with him.

³ And if anyone says to you, Why are you doing this? say, The Lord has need of him and will send him back straight away.

⁴ And they went away and saw a young ass by the door outside in the open street; and they were getting him loose.

⁷ Certainly the Lord will do nothing without making clear his secret to his servants, the prophets.

¹⁴ The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.

¹⁶ Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see;

²⁷ For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you.

² And he said to him, Far be the thought: you will not be put to death: see, my father does nothing, great or small, without giving me word of it: would he keep this secret from me? It is not so.

¹⁷ And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him, This is the man of whom I gave you word! he it is who is to have authority over my people.