Personalities · 18 · Hannah and Samuel

Samuel, the first kingmaker

Samuel anoints Saul, then, when God regrets the choice, anoints David. That made him the ideal mouthpiece to voice opposition to monarchy itself.

The kingmaker becomes the critic.

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His mother's song had praised God for 'bringing low and raising up.'

Bible reference: 1 Samuel 16

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 296

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