Saulreplied,"Am I not a Benjamite,of the smallestof the tribesof Israel,and my familythe leastof allthe familiesof the tribeof Benjamin?Whythen do you speakto me in thisway?"
Thereis Benjamin,the youngest,rulingthem, The princesof Judah[in] their throng,The princesof Zebulun,the princesof Naphtali.
Your Godhas commandedyour strength;ShowYourself strong,O God,whohave actedon our behalf.
When Ephraimspoke,[there was] trembling.He exaltedhimselfin Israel,But through Baalhe didwrongand died.
"For everyonewho exaltshimselfwill be humbled,and he who humbleshimselfwill be exalted."
To me, the very leastof allsaints,thisgracewas given,to preachto the Gentilesthe unfathomablerichesof Christ,
But certain worthlessmensaid,"Howcan thisonedeliverus?" And they despisedhim and did not bringhim any present.But he keptsilent.
Kish[was] the fatherof Saul,and Nerthe fatherof Abner[was] the sonof Abiel.
Samuelsaid,"Is it not true, thoughyou were littlein your own eyes,you were [made] the headof the tribesof Israel?And the LORDanointedyou kingoverIsrael,
But Davidsaidto Saul,"Whoam I, and whatis my life[or] my father'sfamilyin Israel,that I should be the king'sson-in-law?"
So Saul'sservantsspokethesewordsto David.But Davidsaid,"Is it trivialin your sightto becomethe king'sson-in-law,since I ama poormanand lightlyesteemed?"
Then SamueltookSauland his servantand broughtthem into the halland gavethem a placeat the headof those who were invited,whowere about thirtymen.
