The stories of Saul and David two complex and heroic figures drawn from are interlinked and interwoven with each other it is impossible to separate one tale from the other A thousand years before the birth of Christ the Jewish people felt the need for a single king to unify them and to lead them against their foes the Canaanites and the The story of how saul becomes king begins with Kish of the tribe of Benjamin who had a son named Saul When the prophet Samuel told Saul that he had been chosen to be king over all Israel Saul replied that his tribe of the Benjamin were the smallest of all the tribes of Israel and that his family the Matri the family of Kish were the least of all the families in the tribe Though he stood head and shoulders above his fellows Saul was a decent person and a modest man It is not that he lacked courage but the task that had been set him to deliverthe Promised Land from the enemy was a daunting one Samuel knew that Saul had been chosen to reign over the Lords people because the Lord himself had spoken to him Samuel does not place a crown over Sauls head as one might have expected Instead he summoned all the tribes of Israel and when they had gathered together he chose Saul the son of Kish for there was none like him among all the people The people of Israel responded with cries of God save the King In other words they publicly endorsed the choice of their seer Samuel Once the people had confirmed his choice Samuel entered the name of Saul and the manner of his kingdom in a book and placed it before the Lord Although Saul was an able king he was not a very lucky one It does not mean that Saul was not great or good enough for the task that had been given him but that the task itself was too great a burden for him w wojnie przeciw listopada 2009 27