The story begins when Kish, Saul's father, loses his donkeys.Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, owned several donkeys.One day, he discovered that his donkeys had gone missing.He called his son Saul, who was tall and handsome, and asked him to take a servant and search for the missing donkeys.Kish instructed them to travel through the countryside to locate the lost animals.Saul and his servant set out on their journey, first searching through the mountains of Ephraim.Then they traveled through the land of Shalisha, but found no trace of the donkeys.They continued their search in the land of Shaalim, yet still found nothing.Finally, they searched throughout the land of Benjamin, their home territory, but the donkeys were nowhere to be found.After searching extensively with no success, Saul said to his servant:'Come, let's go back home, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us instead.'Having exhausted their search, they considered returning, unaware that a divine appointment awaited Saul.ההחלטה לפנות לשמואל הנביאלאחר חיפוש ממושך וחסר הצלחה אחר האתונות האבודות, הנער של שאול מציע הצעה חדשההנער מציע לשאול לפנות לאיש האלוהים, שמואל הנביא, שנמצא בעיר הסמוכה. כי כל אשר ידבר בוא יבואשאול מהסס בתחילה כי אין בידם מתנה ראויה להביא לנביאאך הנער מציע פתרון – לתת לנביא רבע שקל כסף שיש ברשותובדרכם לעיר, הם פוגשים נערות היוצאות לשאוב מיםוהן מכוונות אותם אל שמואל שהגיע לעיר כדי לברך את הזבח בבמהכך מתחיל המפגש הגורלי בין שאול לשמואל הנביאAs Saul approached the city gate, he was about to meet Samuel the prophet.The day before, God had revealed to Samuel: 'Tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel.'Samuel immediately recognized Saul and said to him: 'I am the seer.'He reassured Saul about his lost donkeys, saying they had been found, and then hinted at Saul's great destiny.Samuel hinted at Saul's great destiny by asking: 'To whom does all the desire of Israel belong? Is it not to you and to all your father's house?'Saul responded with humility: 'Am I not a Benjamite, from the least of the tribes of Israel? And is not my family the humblest of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin?'Despite Saul's humble origins, Samuel knew that God had chosen him to be the first king of Israel. Their meeting at the gate marked the beginning of a new chapter in Israel's history.Samuel brought Saul and his servant into the banquet hall.Samuel seated Saul at the head of the table, in the place of honor among the thirty guests.The cook brought Saul the special portion - the thigh and upper part - that Samuel had ordered to be reserved for him.Samuel explained to Saul that this portion had been specifically kept for him, as another sign of his election as king.After the banquet, Samuel and Saul continued their conversation on the rooftop until evening.למחרת בבוקר, שמואל קורא לשאול להתכונן לדרךהם יוצאים יחד לקצה העירושם שמואל מבקש מהנער להתקדםומבקש משאול להישאר כדי להשמיע לו את דבר ה'זהו הרגע המכריע שמוביל למשיחת שאול למלך ישראל הראשוןהפרק מסתיים בהכנות למעמד המשיחה, כאשר שמואל עומד לגלות לשאול את ייעודו האלוהי כמלך על ישראל
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