Saul. The account is found in 1 Samuel chapters 8 through 10.
He was the first king.
The young King David.
He was a conqueror, a unifier, a nobleman, and a warrior. He was the first King of Both England and france, at that he became king of several other countries and holds the record for King of Largest landmass in Europe, William the Conqueror :o)
The first one, who was King Saul. See also:When and why did the Israelites take a king?
Saul.See also:The Israelite kings
Saul became the first Hebrew king.
The king of Israel was chosen by the God of the Israelites. When the Israelites asked the prophet Samuel for a king (1 Samuel ch.8), he consulted with God and was told that Saul was to become the first king of Israel.
He went around slaying monsters .... Beowulf was a warrior, and later became King of Getland.
Henry IV became the first Bourbon king of France in 1589.
The king of the Israelites when David was a boy was King Saul. Before that, there were no kings in Israel.
Baldwin of Boulougne became Baldwin I, the first King of Jerusalem in 1100.
King David was a warrior, a leader and a poet.