1. 1 Samuel 9:20 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What does it mean for the desire of Israel to be turned to Saul and his father’s family?

1 Samuel 9:20 (ESV)

20 As for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not set your mind on them, for they have been found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you and for all your father’s house?”

With this statement Samuel is affirming the fact that the people’s desire for a king like the nations will be realized in Saul. Saul is to become the king for whom the people of Israel long.1