2 And he happened to have a son whose name was Saul,+ young and handsome,* and there was no man of the sons of Israel that was handsomer than he; from his shoulders upward he was taller than all the people.+

11 And it came about that when all those knowing him formerly saw him, look! it was with prophets that he prophesied. Consequently the people said one to another: “What is this that has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”+

15 So all the people went to Gilʹgal, and there they proceeded to make Saul king* before Jehovah in Gilʹgal. Then they rendered up communion sacrifices there before Jehovah,+ and there Saul and all the men of Israel continued rejoicing to a great degree.+

47 And Saul himself took the kingship over Israel+ and went warring round about against all his enemies, against Moʹab+ and against the sons of Amʹmon+ and against Eʹdom+ and against the kings of Zoʹbah+ and against the Phi·lisʹtines;+ and wherever he would turn he administered condemnation.*+

23 for rebelliousness+ is the same as the sin of divination,+ and pushing ahead presumptuously* the same as [using] uncanny power and teraphim.*+ Since you have rejected the word of Jehovah,+ he* accordingly rejects you from being king.”*+