"In the process of asking for. king like the nations round about them, the Jews were rebelling against God's order of government (1 Samuel 2:5; Hosea 2:10). Still, God had foreseen this (Deuteronomy 17:14), and it had been predicted that they would have. king" (Reese p. 473). Acts 13:21 King Saul was from the same tribe as the speaker! (1 Peter 3:5). Josephus notes that Saul reigned 18 years before Samuel's death and 22 years after it. The Old Testament does not record how long Saul reigned, but by inspiration Paul reveals that it was 40 years.

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Old Testament