the Lord commanded him to anoint them a king, saying, "They have not rejected thee, but they have rejected Me from reigning over them" (ibid. 8:7); so Samuel anointed Saul. But Saul transgressed the ...

1 Samuel tells Israel 's history from the lives of three major characters: Samuel, Saul and David. The new holy kingdom gets off to a rocky start with Saul's sinfulness. Yet the Lord provides a ...