1 Samuel 9:25-27

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

²⁵ When they came down from the shrine into the town, a bed was spread for Saul^[a] on the roof, and he lay down to sleep.^{[b](A) 26} Then at the break of dawn^[c] Samuel called to Saul upon the roof, “Get up, so that I may send you on your way.” Saul got up, and both he and Samuel went out into the street.

Samuel Anoints Saul

²⁷ As they were going down to the outskirts of the town, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the young man to go on before us, and when he has passed on, stop here yourself for a while, that I may make known to you the word of God.”