Discovery Box1 Samuel 10:3 
Context10:3 “As you continue on from there, you will come to the tall tree of Tabor. At that point three men who are going up to God at Bethel 1 will meet you. One of them will be carrying three young goats, one of them will be carrying three round loaves of bread, and one of them will be carrying a container of wine.
1 Samuel 13:2
Context13:2 Saul selected for himself three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand of these were with Saul at Micmash and in the hill country of Bethel; 2 the remaining thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. 3 He sent all the rest of the people back home. 4
1 Samuel 16:1
Context16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. 5 Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, 6 for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.” 7
1 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
2 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
3 tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “each one to his tents.”
5 tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And the Lord said to Samuel.”
6 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
7 tn Heb “for I have seen among his sons for me a king.”
