And he said to the people: “Have you seen the one whom Jehovah has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? ” ​ — 1 Samuel 10: 1, 24.
سموئیل توجه‌اش را بر پای‌بندی و وفاداری خود به یَهُوَه معطوف داشت نه این که مردمی بی‌ثابت او را بپذیرند .‏