¹⁶ Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys^(A) had been found.” But he did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.

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^(A) you.’