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Additionally, political leaders should relationship with God and making
be patient in their political dealings people have good relationships with
and fulfil duties within their limits of God. He promoted a nonviolent method
operation as opposed to Saul, who failed of solving conflicts by not revenging
to wait for Samuel to come and fulfil the when Saul sought to kill him. Whenever
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priestly responsibilities assigned to him he realised that he was wrong, he
by God. humbled himself before God.

Current political leaders should consult
God and his messengers, unlike King
Saul, who consulted the medium and the
gods of Baal. They should also respect
and honour the Lord’s commands,
unlike Saul, who disobeyed and rejected
the act of Herem. The biblical scholars
refer to the act of Herem as a process
of systematic destruction, in which all
those who oppose the Lord are laid to
waste (cf. Josh. 6:15-21, 1 Sam. 15:7-9).

King David, the Second King of Israel
David was the second king of Israel. He Figure 2.5: King David: beloved of God,
was the eighth son of Jesse of Bethlehem warrior and musician. Man of justice and
(hence Jesses the Bethelemite). He was repentance
anointed the next king of Israel when
Saul was still a king. He entered Saul’s Achievements of King David (2 Sam.
court first as a harpist and later as a 6 – 11)
warrior. After Saul’s death, he was first King David attained numerous
appointed king of Judah. Later on, he achievements in his reign as the King
became anointed king over all of Israel. of Israel. He established his governance
on God’s laws and invited his people to
The reign of King David (2 Sam. 4:1 – be faithful to God’s laws. He showed a
1 Kings 1:5) good example by being royal and loyal

David is regarded as a promoter of to God. He was a strong religious leader
Yahwism and a bringer of peace and who transferred the covenant box from
justice. He built his leadership on the the house of Óbed-édom to Judah, the
Mosaic covenant principles and made city of Jerusalem.
people maintain the covenant at Sinai. In Furthermore, David made sacrifices
his time, David kept biblical principles and offerings to God only following the
of good governance by building a good demands, especially before and after the

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