After appropriate ceremony, Saul was brought forth before the people as the man God had chosen to be Israel’s king. It is important to note that God chose who should be the king. This king is called “the king which ye (Israel) have chosen” 1 Samuel 12:13Waiting for response for 1 Samuel 12:13 but this refers to the fact that they had chosen to have a human king, not to the choice of the actual man, because God himself did this. Saul was received with delight by most of Israel, as his physique seemed appropriate for a king: “He was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward”, but some were displeased with the choice. Very quickly, however, Saul showed he was a deliverer of the people for he saved the citizens of Jabesh-Gilead from the Ammonites. All the people of Israel then accepted Saul as their king 1 Samuel 11:15Waiting for response for 1 Samuel 11:15
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Waiting for response for 1 Samuel 10:1Samuel anointed Saul with oil, making him the LORD’s anointed and the king of Israel.