![]() ![]() There he bade the servant pass on and wait for his master and then turning to Saul, he said to him. On the following morning, Samuel called Saul early and accompanied him and his attendant to the gate of the city. Samuel took Saul home and introduced him to the other guests, and they feasted together. Saul, a modest person, countered that since he was of the youngest tribe of Israel -Benjamin, he could not expect such an honor. At the same time, Samuel hinted to Saul what there was in store for him. Samuel invited Saul to the feast, telling him he need not worry about the donkeys, since they had been found. The latter immediately recognized Saul, the man for whom he was waiting. Unknowingly, he had chanced upon Samuel himself. As Saul entered the city, he approached a man to ask where the seer lived. Samuel, therefore, made preparations for welcoming him and invited a few guests to eat with him that day. On the day before Saul came to Ramah, G‑d had told Samuel to expect the future king on the following day. But the faithful servant suggested to Saul that a seer, a man of G‑d, dwelt in the neighborhood and that perhaps he would be able to tell them which path they ought to take. At length he was ready to give up his fruitless quest, which had taken him far from his home to the outskirts of the city of Ramah. ![]() Saul searched far and wide and inquired everywhere about the lost donkeys. The two set out and passing through Mount Ephraim and the surrounding country, they arrived, after a three days' search, in the land of Zuph. It so happened that some donkeys belonging to Kish had wandered astray and were lost, and that he bade Saul go with one of his servants to recover the animals. He had a son Saul, a young man of tall and majestic stature, towering more than a head above the rest of his townsmen. In the small but valiant tribe of Benjamin there lived a man named Kish. In the meantime, G‑d arranged for Samuel to meet the man who was to become the first king of Israel. ![]()
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