What a wonderful promise this is! Only a few were mentioned as having the Holy Spirit ‘with’ or ‘upon’ them in the Old Testament: 1) Moses and the 70 elders (Numbers 11:17-29); 2) Balaam (Numbers 24:2); 3) Gideon (Judges 6:34); 4) Jephthah (Judges 11:29); 5) Samson (Judges 14:6); 6) Saul (1 Samuel 10:10; 11:6; 19:23); 7) David (1 Samuel 16:13; Psalm 51:11[13]); 8) Saul’s messengers (1 Samuel 19:20); 9) Azariah son of Oded (2 Chronicles 15:1); 10) Zechariah son of Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:20). Only two persons were mentioned as having the Holy Spirit ‘in’ them: 1) Joseph (Genesis 41:38); 2) Bezalel (Exodus 31:3; 35:31).