16 "He reassured us that the donkeys had been found," Saul answered. But Saul didn’t tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.
17 Samuel summoned the people to the Lord at Mizpah.
18 Then he told the Israelites: "This is what the Lord God of Israel says: I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the Egyptians’ power and from the power of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.
19 But today you’ve rejected your God who saved you from all your troubles and difficulties by saying, ‘No! Appoint a king over us!’ So now assemble yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans."
20 Then Samuel brought all the Israelite tribes forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.
21 Next Samuel brought the tribe of Benjamin forward by its families, and the family of Matri was selected. Samuel then brought the family of Matri forward, person by person, and Saul, Kish’s son, was selected. But when they looked for him, he wasn’t to be found.
22 So they asked another question of the Lord: "Has the man come here yet?"The Lord said, "Yes, he’s hiding among the supplies."