precise meaning of these questions, we are told that the first question became a regular saying in Israel, perhaps questioning the nature of Saul’s office. What type of leader was he? Saul refrains from telling his family about his anointing, perhaps thinking it was not meant to be public yet (as implied by the secretive nature of the anointing). The choice of Saul was soon to be made public, however, as Samuel calls a national assembly at the same place he had done following