And they came to Miz-peh, and gave their hearts to the Lord, and were in grief for their sins. And when the Phil-is-tines heard they were at Miz-peh, they went up to fight them. And the chil-dren of Is-ra-el were in great fear, and Sam-u-el plead for them, and when the fight came on the Lord sent a fierce storm that put the Phil-is-tines to flight, and they fled from the field with great loss. And Sam-u-el set up a stone at Miz-peh, and gave it the name of Eb-en-e-zer--"The Stone of Help." When Sam-u-el was an old man he set his two sons to judge Is-ra-el. But his sons were not just men, and did not rule as their fath-er had done. If a man did wrong, they would say it was right if he paid them for it. And the wise men came to Sam-u-el, and said to him, As thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways, make us a king to judge us. Sam-u-el felt hurt when they asked him to choose a king, and asked the Lord to tell him what to do. And the Lord told Sam-u-el to choose a king for them. Now there was a man whose name was Kish, and he had a son whose name was Saul, a tall young man of fine form and good looks. And the ass-es of Kish were lost. And he said to Saul, his son, Take one of the men with you, and go find the ass-es. And they went a long way and could not find them. And Saul said to the man with him, Come, let us go back, lest my fath-er think we are lost. [Illustration: THE STONE OF HELP.] And the man said to Saul, There is a man of God here, and what he says is sure to come to pass. It may be that he can tell us what we ought to do Saul said, Thy word is good; come, let us go. And they went to the town where Sam-u-el, the man of God, was. And they met him on their way. And the Lord made it known to Sam-u-el that this was the man he should choose to reign in Is-ra-el. And Saul drew near to Sam-u-el, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is. And Sam-u-el said, I am the seer; and the ass-es that were lost are found. And he took Saul and his man to his own house, and made them spend the night there. The next day Sam-u-el took Saul to the roof of his house, and had a talk with him. Then they went out on the street, and as they drew near the gate of the town, Sam-u-el said to Saul, Bid thy man pass on, but do thou stand still for a while, that I may show thee the word of God. Then Sam-u-el took a horn of oil and poured it on Saul's head. This was done when a man was made a high-priest; and the same thing was done when he was made a king. And God was pleased with Saul, and gave him a new heart; but as yet none but these two knew that Saul was to be King of the Jews. Sam-u-el spoke to the chil-dren of Is-ra-el and told them once more all that the Lord had done for them, how he had brought them out of the land of E-gypt, and set them free from their foes, and yet they would not serve the Lord, but cried out for a king. So he bade them all go up to Miz-peh that the Lord might choose them a king.