10 Then Samuel took a flask^(A) of olive oil and poured it on Saul’s head and kissed him, saying, “Has not the Lord anointed^(B) you ruler over his inheritance?^[a](C)

² When you leave me today, you will meet two men near Rachel’s tomb,^(A) at Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys^(B) you set out to look for have been found. And now your father has stopped thinking about them and is worried^(C) about you. He is asking, “What shall I do about my son?”’

David Defeats the Ammonites^(A)

19 In the course of time, Nahash king of the Ammonites^(B) died, and his son succeeded him as king.

² David thought, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father.

When David’s envoys came to Hanun in the land of the Ammonites to express sympathy to him,