| King Saul |
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| The King Given by Rejection of God | Last updated: 10-Aug-2025 |
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These scriptural points one through four show that Israel was becoming arrogant in their victories against the enemies, which God orchestrated the victories, and also showed that Israel was also jealous and envious of the influence of pagan nations that surrounded Israel.
The initial problems with Saul being selected:
| Genesis 49:8-12 Sceptre is ruling. Shiloh is Messiah |
8 Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father’s sons shall bow down before thee. 9 Judah is a lion’s whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come; And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be. 11 Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; He hath washed his garments in wine, And his vesture in the blood of grapes: 12 His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk. |
The scriptural passage verses, during the selection and revealing by God for Israel, to know about their new King Saul:
| 1 Samuel 9:1 | Saul's father was Kish, who was a mighty man of power from the Tribe of Benjamin. Benjaminites were known from many scriptures as strong and sometimes violent. |
| 1 Samuel 9:2 | Saul was the most handsome and tallest man in all of the nation of Israel. the nation of Israel had desired vanity of a man to represent themselves other than God as read and disclosed in 1 Samuel 10:17-24. God gave Israel them their desires which were against God's plan. |
| 1 Samuel 9:15-19 | God tells the Prophet Samuel which man to chose for the first King of Israel. The reason was the Nation of Israel was "crying / asking" for a king so God answered their plea and prayer with the giving the nation of Israel a man that would appeal to their vanity. |
| 1 Samuel 9:27 | The Prophet Samuel anoints Saul as the first King of Israel with the Word of God as the authority on the selection. |
| 1 Samuel 10:1-16 | Prophecies occur for King Saul |
| 1 Samuel 10:17-24 | (a) The Prophet Samuel presents King Saul to the people. (b) The Prophet Samuel informs Israel that by their "crying / asking" they have acted as a rejection of God. |
In one of several battles with King Saul, there is an act by Saul that was forbidden and highly disrespectful to God. God has Samuel confront Saul and informs Saul that he is now rejected by God.
| 1 Samuel 13:7-14 Kingdom shall not continue for Saul |
7 Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. 8 And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. 9 And Saul said, Bring hither the burnt-offering to me, and the peace-offerings. And he offered the burnt-offering. 10 And it came to pass that, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him. 11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash; 12 therefore said I, Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Gilgal, and I have not entreated the favor of Jehovah: I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt-offering. 13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly; thou hast not kept the commandment of Jehovah thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would Jehovah have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. 14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: Jehovah hath sought him a man after his own heart, and Jehovah hath appointed him to be prince over his people, because thou hast not kept that which Jehovah commanded thee. |
In 1 Samuel 14, the chapter opens with King Saul's son Jonathan with only one armor-bearer battling twenty soldiers at Philistine border outpost where God was with Jonathan and also put the near-by town of Philistines into a state of confusion that they fought to the death with one another of each Philistine. King Saul's outpost watchman saw the victory and reported it to King Saul, then King Saul took the Ark of God with them into battle while telling the Israelite Priests to withdraw, which was against God's earlier commandments concerning who should carry the Ark of God.
In the battle that was won by the Israelites army, the scriptures informs us that God won the battle for Israel by putting the Philistine's into the state of confusion. King Saul before the battle had his troops be put under oath to not eat until all the Philistines were killed in the battle. Unbeknownst to King Saul's son, Jonathan, during the battle he ate honey and had troops eat of captured animals where because of the hunger, ate the slaughtered animals with still blood in them. When King Saul heard of the breaking of the oath, then King Saul built an alter unto God for the soldiers to sacrifice unto the alter.
After the sacrificing, King Saul said to his army and the priests, that came to the battle area, to attack other areas of the Philistines. The Priests said that Israel must wait on consulting from God. King Saul did not wait and went on to battle and win against:
In 1 Chapter 15, the chapter opens with God having the Prophet Samuel instructing King Saul to kill the Amalekites in war including all women, children, infants, oxen, sheep, camels and donkeys. King Saul does win in battle against the Amalekites but spared their king and did not destroy all the animals that had value.
King Saul violated God's guidance, disobeyed, and dishonored God which cost Saul his kingship and much more:
| 1 Samuel 14:18-19 | 18 Then Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God.” (For at that time it was with the Israelites.) 19 While Saul was talking to the priest, the commotion in the Philistine camp continued to increase. So Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.” |
| Joshua 3:2 | 2 After three days the officers went through the camp 3and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it. |
| Numbers 4:15 | 15 When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them by the poles, so that they will not touch the holy objects and die. These are the things in the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry. |
| 1 Chronicles 15:2 | David then said, “No one can carry the Ark of God except the Levites. The Lord has chosen them to carry the Ark of God and to minister to him forever.” |
| 1 Samuel 14:33-35 | 33 Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.” 34 Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’ ” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there. 35 Then Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first time he had built an altar to the LORD. |
| 1 Samuel 15:7-9 | 7 Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt. 8 He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword. 9 Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calvesb and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless. |
| 1 Samuel 15:7-9 | 7 Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt. 8 He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword. 9 Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calvesb and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless. |
| 1 Samuel 15:22-23 | 22 But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.” |
An interesting act of Sowing and Reaping by King Saul is read in 1 Samuel 15:24-29 after King Saul confesses this sins and tries to obtain forgiveness from God. Notice that Saul tears the hem of the robe of the Prophet Samuel, which will happen later to King Saul by the truly chosen of God to be King which is David.
| 1 Samuel 15:24-29 | 24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the LORD.” 26 “I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.” 27 As Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore. 28 So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you. 29 Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.” |
Notes: The group that God had King Saul attack called the Amalekites may have had Nephilim members of the nomadic tribe of the Amalekites.
| Exodus 17:8-9 | 8 The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. 9 Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.” |
Notes:
| Ephesians 1:3-14 | 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ: 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love: 5 having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved: 7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him 10 unto a dispensation of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, I say, 11 in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will; 12 to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ: 13 in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,—in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God’s own possession, unto the praise of His glory. |
| 1 Samuel 16:14 | 14 Now the Spirit of Jehovah departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Jehovah troubled him. 15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. 16 Let our lord now command thy servants, that are before thee, to seek out a man who is a skilful player on the harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. 17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. 18 Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Jehovah is with him. |
| 1 Samuel 16:13 | So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David. Samuel then went to Ramah. |
While war was not the sin, the grievous sin was Saul sending David to die in war. Note that David, later his life, will use the same tactic with success, to get Bathsheba's husband killed to cover up the adultery of David which had an adulterous pregnancy. Note that the fascinating aspect of the pregnancy, is the use of the pregnancy to be one of the many proofs of the Age of Accountability when the baby dies after child birth, and the scriptures inform us that David says he will see the child again.
| 1 Samuel 18:5 | And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants. |
Recall that the people of Israel knew of David's victory over the Giant Goliath, who was a Rephaim, so they believed and trusted in God was with David. When David return from battles, the women sang a song that glorified David over King Saul:
| 1 Samuel 17:45-50 | 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 46 This day will Jehovah deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day unto the birds of the heavens, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47 and that all this assembly may know that Jehovah saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is Jehovah’s, and he will give you into our hand. 48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead; and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. |
| 1 Samuel 18:6-9 | 6 And it came to pass as they came, when David
returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out
of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul,
with timbrels, with joy, and with instruments of music. 7
And the women sang one to another as they played,
and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands. 8 And Saul was very wroth, and this saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? 9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. |
In the following chapter 18 of "1 Samuel", Saul recognizes God in David's life where Saul becomes cautious and even gives one of his daughters, Michal, for marriage to David. Saul continues to be more cautious and fearful of David. Before giving of Michal, King Saul has his servants send David to get 100 foreskins of the Philistines where Saul thought David would be Killed as read in "1 Samuel 18;24-29.
In "1 Samuel 19:1-2", Saul tells his Jonathan and the servants that they should kill David, but Jonathan warns David. Yet, Saul becomes more and more tortured and guilty of the thought of murdering David, but the gratitude that Saul has for David in battles and his soothing presence does not last long and again asks for David's death. There is many details on the attempts of David's life where absolutely God was protecting David along with providing Jonathan and other for David's protection.
Eventually in "1 Samuel 27", Saul and his army encompass David but a messenger came to inform Saul that Philistines were making a raid on his kingdom, so he left. David went and dwelt in a the strongholds of En-gedi.
| 1 Samuel 18:6-9 | 6 And it came to pass as they came, when David
returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out
of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul,
with timbrels, with joy, and with instruments of music. 7
And the women sang one to another as they played,
and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands. 8 And Saul was very wroth, and this saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? 9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. |
| 1 Samuel 18:24-29 | 24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David. 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. And the days were not expired; 27 and David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king’s son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. 28 And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David; and Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him. 29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy continually. |
Notice in verse 8 and also in the remainder of the chapter, David while speaking to King Saul:
| 1 Samuel 24:1-10 | 1 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned
from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold,
David is in the wilderness of En-gedi. 2
Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to
seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. 3
And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where
was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet. Now David and his men
were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave. 4
And the men of David said unto him, Behold, the
day of which Jehovah said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy
into thy hand, and thou shalt do to him as it shall seem good unto thee.
Then David arose, and cut off
the skirt of Saul’s robe privately. 5
And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he
had cut off Saul’s skirt. 6 And he said
unto his men, Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing unto my lord,
Jehovah’s anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is
Jehovah’s anointed. 7 So David checked his
men with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. And
Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. 8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance. 9 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that Jehovah had delivered thee to-day into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee; but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Jehovah’s anointed. |
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