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The elders … trembled: The elders were afraid because news had likely reached Bethlehem that Samuel had rebuked Saul and put Agag to death.
David replaced Saul as king. David and Saul were alike in these ways:
Samuel anointed both.
Neither was pursuing the position of king.
Both were unlikely choices (Saul was from the smallest tribe, and David was the youngest son).
They were both good-looking (1 Samuel 9:2; 16:12).
The Spirit rushed upon each when anointed as king (1 Samuel 10:10; 11:6; 16:13).
The main difference was that David was "a man after [God's] own heart" (1 Samuel 13:14; compare 16:7), while Saul was not.
Events
People
Samuel: Prophet and last judge of Israel before the kings
Places
Bethlehem: City of David's birth and Jesus' birth
Glossary
Anoint Bethlehemite David Horn Offerings and Sacrifices Psalm 151 Samuel (Person) Samuel, Books of First and Second
Topics
Christian Minister: Fear of Christian Minister: Influential in Public Affairs: Designate Kings Church and State: Ecclesiastical Power Superior to Civil: Withdraws Support and Anoints a Successor Courts of Justice: Judges of Called Elders Government: Municipal: Devolving Upon a Local Senate and Executive officers Jesse: Samuel Visits, Under Divine Command, to Select a Successor to Saul from his Sons King: How Chosen: David and the Davidic Dynasty Reverence for Servants of God