So the nation of Israel was meant, originally, to be a theocracy. God brought the Israelites out from slavery in Egypt into the promised land and desired for the people to be ruled by him. Well, they looked around at the nations nearby, and what they saw was that everybody had a king except for them. Ignoring the fact that God considered himself their king, the people demanded a human king to rule over them. So the people go to a leader named Samuel and asked him to give them their king. Samuel finds and annoints the new king, a man named Saul. Then Samuel calls the people of Israel together to introduce the new king. With great drama Samuel uses the Urim and Thummim (basically a casting of lots directed by God) and it is revealed that the new king will come from the tribe of Benjamin, the clan of Matri, and finally, that it would be Saul son of Kish. And we pick up the story…
“But when they looked for him, he was not to be found. So they inquired further of the Lord, ‘Has the man come here yet?’
And the Lord said, ‘Yes, he has hidden himself amoung the baggage.’”
And so begins the ever entertaining monarchy of ancient Israel.
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