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The Great Bible 1539
| 10:1 | And then Samuel toke a vessell of oyle, & powred it vpon hys heed, & kyssed him, & sayde: hath not the Lord anoynted the, to be captayne ouer hys enheritaunce? |
| 10:2 | When thou art departed from me this daye, thou shalt fynde two men by Rahels sepulcre in the border of BenIamin, euen at Zalezah. And they will saye vnto the: the asses which thou wentest to seke, are founde. And lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, & soroweth for you, sayenge: what shall I do for my sonne? |
| 10:3 | Then shalt thou go forth from thence, & shalt come to the playne of Thabor. And there shall mete the thre men goinge vp, to God to Bethel: one caryeng thre kiddes: & another caryeng thre loues of breed: & another caryeng a botell of wyne. |
| 10:4 | And they wyll salute the, & geue the two loues of breed: which thou shalt receaue of theyr handes. |
| 10:5 | After that shalt thou come to the hyll of God, where the Philistines kepe their watche. And when thou art come thyther to the cytie, thou shalt mete a companye of prophetes comminge downe from the hill, wt a psalter, a tymbrell, a pype, & a harpe before them, & they shall prophesye. |
| 10:6 | And the sprete of the Lorde wyll come vpon the also, & thou shalt prophesye, with them, and shalt be turned into another man. |
| 10:7 | Therfore when these signes are chaunced the, do what thou hast to do, for God is wyth the. |
| 10:8 | And thou shalt go before me to Gilgal. And I also wyll come downe vnto the, to sacrifye burntsacrifyces, and to offre peace offerynges Tary for me seuen dayes, tyll I come to the, and shew the, what thou shalt do. |
| 10:9 | And assone as he had turned hys shoulder to go from Samuel, God gaue hym another maner of herte, & all those tokens came to passe that same daye. |
| 10:10 | And when they came to the hill: beholde, the companye of prophetes met hym, and the sprete of God cam vpon hym also, & he prophesyed among them. |
| 10:11 | And all that knewe hym before, when they sawe that he prophesyed amonge the prophetes, they sayd eche to other: what is this that is happened vnto the sonne of Cis? Is Saul also amonge the prophetes? |
| 10:12 | And one of the same place answered & sayde: who is their father? And therof came the prouerbe: what, is Saul also amonge the prophetes? |
| 10:13 | And when he had made an ende of prophesyeng, he cam to the hill. |
| 10:14 | And Saules fathers brother sayde vnto hym and to hys lad: whether went ye? He sayde: to seke the asses: & when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel. |
| 10:15 | And Sauls vncle sayde: tell me what Samuel sayde vnto you? |
| 10:16 | Saul answered his vncle: he tolde vs planely, that the asses were founde. But of the kyngdome wherof Samuel spake, tolde he hym not. |
| 10:17 | And Samuel called the people together vnto the Lorde to Mizpa, |
| 10:18 | and sayde vnto the chyldren of Israel: thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel: I brought Israel out of Egypt, and delyuered you out of the hande of the Egypcyans, & out of the handes of all kyngdomes that troubled you. |
| 10:19 | And ye haue this daye cast awaye youre God that helped you out of all youre aduersyties & tribulacyons. And ye haue sayd vnto hym: make a kynge ouer vs. Nowe therfore stande ye before the Lorde by youre trybes & youre thousandes. |
| 10:20 | And whan Samuel had brought all the tribes of Israel, the tribe of BenIamin was caught. |
| 10:21 | When he had brought the tribe of BenIamin by their kynredes, the kynred of Matri was caught: and at the last Saul the sonne of Cis was caught. And whan they sought hym, he coulde not be founde. |
| 10:22 | Therfore they asked the Lorde further, yf the man shulde come thither. And the Lorde answered: beholde, he hath hydd hym selfe amonge the stuffe. |
| 10:23 | And they ranne & fet him thence. And when he stode amonge the people, he was hyer then any of the people, from the shoulders vpwarde. |
| 10:24 | And Samuel sayde to all the people: Se ye not him, whom the Lorde hath chosen, & howe there is none lyke hym amonge all the people? And all the people showted & sayde: God lend the kynge lyfe. |
| 10:25 | Then Samuel tolde the people the dutye of the kyngdome, & wrote it in a boke, and layde it vp before the Lorde, and sent all the people awaye, euery man to hys house. |
| 10:26 | And Saul also went home to Gibea. And there folowed him strong men, whose hertes God had touched. |
| 10:27 | But the chyldren of Belial sayde: howe shall he saue vs? and they despised him, and brought him no presentes. And he helde is tonge. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."