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July 19, 2024

King Saul’s Failure to Lead

He set a standard of disobedience for the people to follow.

One of the most powerful and gripping narratives in the Hebrew Bible is that of King Saul’s sudden rise from obscurity to kingship and his eventual descent into madness. In analyzing this segment of the book of Samuel, James A. Diamond explores how Saul goes astray by confounding the proper roles of religion and political leadership:

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