Daniel Hawk talks of how and what Saul is as king and in how he is a figurative sacrifice for the country Israel for all of the times that they had turned away from God during the rule of the judges. When the people cry out for a king God sees this as a direct rejection of His rule. Samuel recounts to the people of their sins and transgressions and that God will make them pay, however, later Samuel assures them that God will not abandon them. Hawk talks of Saul and how his life/rule play out in four different acts. In act one Saul is anointed as king of Israel by the prophet Samuel. In act two we see Samuel and God suddenly reject Saul as the chosen and newly anointed king. In act three we see king Saul become isolated from his friends and
