"This is the tragedy of Saul's reign: he saved his people (1 Samuel 11 and 14), yet he was rejected by Yahweh (13 and 15). From the preference given to Jacob over Esau [...] to the calling of the apostles [...] the whole of sacred history proclaims the gratuitousness of divine choices. It also proclaims that the permanence of grace depends on the fidelity of the chosen one: Saul proved unfaithful to his vocation. Saul acted in good faith, and therein lies the drama: his fault lies in having chosen, in order to please the people, a different way of honouring God. Between Yahweh, who chose him, and the people, who acclaimed and recognised him, Saul sought a compromise; he did not commit himself exclusively to Yahweh."
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Saul was a monarch of ancient Israel and Judah and, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, the first king of the United Monarchy. His reign, traditionally placed in the late eleventh century BCE, according to the Bible, marked the transition of the Israelites from a scattered tribal society ruled by various judges to organized statehood.
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