Samuel was a great follower, he always wished for Israelites to be as faithful as he was. Unfortunately most of Israel was losing their faith. Until Samuel could finally persuade them and they started to believe as they did before, the only thing they wanted was to have a king. Samuel didn't want this, but God said it was fine if they still had faith. This was very important, because if people forget what they believed in, this will be forgotten for a long time, and the king will be more important than God. This was the only inconvenience they could have, but this didn't really turn out as it was expected.
God and Samuel were very demanding with the election of the king, they wanted to please the people, but at the same time the king should be faithful. Saul was a good follower. After some time he started to give the material things more importance rather than following God. This is something that still occurs to many people, they get involved with others and they forget their principals and just care for the material things. When Saul was dropped from being king, David replaced him. Saul was very jealous and became resentful towards David "And Saul eyed David from that day and forward." (18:9) Many people are resentful for some tiny details that are not worth anything, they may find many other things that are better, but they still want the thing that others have.
The First Book of Samuel
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