1Sa 9:16, 10:1, 2Ki 9:1, 3, 6 | ESV | STEP | Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin , and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel . He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines . For I have seen my people , because their cry has come to me.

o[See ver. 3 above]

1 Samuel 9:16

16 “Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, ^aand you shall anoint him to be prince ^{▼▼Or leader} over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. ^cFor I have seen ^{▼▼Septuagint adds the affliction of} my people, because their cry has come to me.”

1 Samuel 10:1

Saul Anointed King

1 ^eThen Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head ^fand kissed him and said, “Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince ^{▼▼Or leader} over ^hhis people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew lacks over his people Israel? And you shall. . . . to be prince} over his heritage.

2 Kings 9:1

Jehu Anointed King of Israel

1 Then Elisha the prophet called one of ^jthe sons of the prophets and said to him, ^k“Tie up your garments, and take this ^lflask of oil in your hand, and go to ^mRamoth-gilead.

2 Kings 9:3

3 Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, ‘Thus says the Lord, ⁿI anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and flee; do not linger.”

2 Kings 9:6

6 So he arose and went into the house. And the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ^oI anoint you king over the people of the Lord, over Israel.