Samel's 'Benjamite': A Short Story

Once there were two brothers who lived on adjoining farms with peace and harmony. One day they fell into a conflict. After a while of silence, a passing person knocked on the older brother's door. He was a carpenter, looking for a job. The older brother said to him, “I have a job for you. Do you see the other side of the canal where my brother lives? He offended and burdened me, and we stopped talking. I want to prove to him that I am able to revenge him. Do you see, that wood near the house? I want you to build a high fence, because I do not want to see him again. He then went to town leaving the worker to operate. Upon the return of the brother from town, the worker had finished the work. But what a surprise! Instead of building the high

In 1Samuel 9:1-2 it reads, “There was a Benjamite, a man of standing, whose name was Kish. He had a son named Saul, an impressive young man without equal among the Israelites- a head taller than any of the others.” He was a brave man with no intent of being king. But Samuel was told by God to anoint him. 1 Samuel 10:1 states, “Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed

In 1 Samuel 13: 8-10 it is written, “He,” meaning Saul, “waited seven days, the time set by Samuel; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and Saul's men began to scatter from the impending battle. So he said, 'Bring me the burnt offerings and the fellowship offerings.'” Just as he finished making the offering Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him. Samuel was grieved at Saul's disobedience. That was the first sin Saul committed as a king and that is how he started to drift away from God. Near the end of his life, he fell on hie sword and died. Saul started out well only to see his disobedient actions ruin what could have been a wonderful, God-honouring rule over the nation of Israel. How could somebody so close to God at the beginning start to spiral out of control and favour with God? How much different Saul's life would have turned out, had he obeyed these principles. King Saul would have had no shortage of wise council available to him. By ignoring God and his wise council, Saul allowed the spiritual health of his people to crumble further, separating them from