1 Samuel 9:16-18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ To morrow about this same hour I will send thee a man of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be ruler over my people Israel: and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked down upon my people, because their cry is come to me.

¹⁷ And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him: Behold the man, of whom I spoke to thee, this man shall reign over my people.

¹⁸ And Saul came to Samuel in the midst of the gate and said: Tell me, I pray thee, where is the house of the seer?