They wanted a king just like the people living around them.
This is incorrect. Samuel chose Saul to be the king of the Israelites.
The Israelites believed a king would help them unite themselves against their enemy, the Philistines.
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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.
You got it wrong as Moses died centuries before Samuel anointed Saul as king.
No. It was Samuel who prophetically appointed Saul to be the first king of the Israelites (1 Samuel ch.8-10). Moses lived about 400 years earlier.See also:More about SamuelChoosing the first kingMore about Moses
No, God chose Saul and appointed Samuel to anoint him as Israel`s first King! See 1st. Samuel 9:15-16...
The king of the Israelites when David was a boy was King Saul. Before that, there were no kings in Israel.
The kings (Saul, and the entire Davidic line of Kings) were chosen by the Prophets, so they chose whomever was the best in God's eyes.
no one chose him, he was the next king after his grandfather die
No, God chose Saul and appointed Samuel to anoint him as Israel`s first King! See 1st. Samuel 9:15-16...
It was king David. (: