The Victory Over Nahash

Saul having been publicly chosen by the lot, Samuel, so the sacred writer continues, ''told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord". (I Sam. 10:24). What Samuel told the people is not revealed. The notice therefore raises a question in connection with the divine command to Samuel (I Sam. 8:9) to the effect that he witness against the people on account of their request that a king be set over them -- witness against them by showing "the...