17 And Samuel himself saw Saul, and Jehovah, for his part, answered him: “Here is the man of whom I said to you, ‘This is the one that will keep my people within bounds.’”+

24 Then Samuel said to all the people: “Have YOU seen the one whom Jehovah has chosen,+ that there is none like him among all the people?” And all the people began to shout and say: “Let the king live!”+

12 Accordingly he sent and had him come. Now he was ruddy,+ a young man with* beautiful eyes and handsome in appearance. Then Jehovah said: “Get up, anoint him, for this is he!”+