¹⁶ “About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and ^(A)you shall anoint him as ruler over My people Israel; and he will save My people from the hand of the Philistines. For ^(B)I have considered My people, because their outcry has come to Me.”

²⁸ So Samuel said to him, “^(A)The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you.