August 13, 2013 – 1 Chronicles 11:26 – 12:16

Since Saul was the first king of Israel, did they have the understanding that kingship should be hereditary.  It doesn’t matter because all of Saul’s sons died, but what if they hadn’t.  Obviously they see this connection after David, because Solomon becomes king, but he wasn’t the oldest but appointed by David as successor.  So, did they don’t seem to have the “oldest son, next in line” mentality at this point.  The first two at least were both those anointed by Samuel.  After that, Israel seems to have been on their own as to what method to find their next king.