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 10:20-21
20Then Samuel ebrought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot. 21He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its clans, and the clan of the Matrites was taken by lot; ▼▼Septuagint adds finally he brought the family of the Matrites near, man by man
and Saul the son of Kish was taken by lot. But when they sought him, he could not be found. 1 Chronicles 12:29
29Of the Benjaminites, gthe kinsmen of Saul, 3,000, of whom the hmajority had to that point kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.Matthew 3:5
5Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him,Philippians 2:21
21For they all iseek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
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