1 Samuel 10:1
“Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?”
King James Version
Saul anointed as Israel's first king exactly as God instructed Samuel, the first fulfillment of Israel's request for a king.
Fulfillment References
1 Samuel 10:17-25 Acts 13:21
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