1 Samuel 9:21 meaning and explanation

Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”

1 Samuel 9:21, Berean Standard Bible

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Samuel has just told Saul that all Israel's desire rests on him and his father's house, and Saul answers with genuine surprise. Benjamin was the tribe of Gibeah and had been nearly wiped out in the days of the judges, and Saul's clan, the Matrites, was among its least.

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