King Saul
The Lord had always intended to give Israel a king (Deut
17), but Israel`s sin was in demanding a king with the
wrong motives, before God`s time, and in looking for that
king in the wrong tribe. A man named Saul, from the tribe
of Benjamin was chosen, a man of impressive stature, who
embodied the basic ideals Israel had at the time, being
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Saul was a weak and ineffective king who didn`t do much
with his life except try to murder David, his son-in-law,
despite David`s repeated expression of loyalty, because he
knew David was destined to take his place one day on the
throne. Saul`s hatred and insane jealousy for David made
him fail as a king and Samuel regretted anointing him.
Sa...
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The battle that took place the next day at Gilboa was a
bitter defeat for Israel, Saul himself was wounded, and he
committed suicide by throwing himself on his own sword.
Three of his sons, including Jonathan also died....
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The greatest failure for Saul, the first king of Israel,
was when he disobeyed God at Gilgal. The Philistines were
encamped against Israel and Saul`s troops were deserting
daily. The prophet Samuel had promised him that all would
be well, only he must wait for God`s time. Samuel would
come at the end of a week and would offer a sacrifice. Then...
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