When I start a novelized story of David, this is where it will begin I think.
Saul is just a normal Benjamite, looking for his father's donkeys with a servant. After three days of futile searching, they decided to go ask the prophet Samuel. I wouldn't have thought to ask him... after all, they're... donkeys:P But they went to his house and Samuel was ready for them, having heard from the LORD that this man was to be Israel's king. Before Saul could say anything, Samuel invited him to dine with him, and told him that his donkeys had been found. To top it all off, he said, "To whom is all the desire of Israel turned, if not to you and all your father's family?"
"Wha..." Saul must have been shocked. He said, "But am I not a Benjamite, from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why do you say such a thing to me?"
No time for talking - Samuel took them into the hall, and even gave the servant a place of honor! When it was time for the two to leave, Samuel in private anointed Saul's head with oil and told him that he would be the king of Israel. Saul went home, probably in a daze, but didn't tell his family what Samuel had said.
When the time came for the new king to be chosen, Samuel called Saul! Thunderous applause... but no Saul to come into the spotlight on the stage!!! Whispers flitted across the place. "Where is he?" "WHO is he?" Samuel asked God where Saul was and God blew his cover. "He's hiding in the baggage. The people went and got him ("Wait-how'd you find me so fast?") and yelled "LONG LIVE THE KING!!!!!!"
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