Is Saul Too among the Prophets?

⁹As [Saul] turned around to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart; [ . . . ]. ¹⁰And when they came there, to the Hill, he saw a band of prophets coming toward him. Thereupon the spirit of God gripped him, and he ^aspoke in ecstasy^aamong them. ¹¹When all who knew him previously saw him speaking in ecstasy together with the prophets, the people said to one another, “What’s happened to ^bthe son of Kish?^bIs Saul too among the prophets?” [ . . . ] Thus the proverb arose: “Is Saul too among the prophets?”

¹⁹Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah, ²⁰and Saul sent messengers to seize David. They saw a band of prophets speaking in ecstasy, with Samuel standing by as their leader; and the spirit of God came upon Saul’s messengers and they too began to speak in ecstasy. ²¹When Saul was told about this, he sent other messengers; but they too spoke in ecstasy. Saul sent a third group of messengers; and they also spoke in ecstasy. ²²So he himself went to Ramah. When he came to the great cistern at Secu, he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” and was told that they were at Naioth in Ramah. ²³He was on his way there, to Naioth in Ramah, when the spirit of God came upon him too; and he walked on, speaking in ecstasy, until he reached Naioth in Ramah. ²⁴Then he too stripped off his clothes and he too spoke in ecstasy before Samuel; and he lay naked all that day and all night. That is why people say, “Is Saul too among the prophets?”