1 Samuel 10:20 meaning and explanation

Thus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.

1 Samuel 10:20, Berean Standard Bible

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Samuel has summoned Israel to Mizpah, where the people demanded a king (verses 17 to 19). Now the selection proceeds by tribe and clan, a public process that lets everyone see the choice was not Samuel's private arrangement.

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