Who was Israel's first anointed King and why was he replaced by David ?

Answer 1

King Saul was the first king, and he was replaced by David because his heart did not seek after God. God was displeased with Saul and replaced him with David.

Answer 2

Saul was a pragmatist and had problems following his job description. As king of Israel, he thought the welfare of the country was entirely up to him. When he needed to offer sacrifice on behalf of his military campaigns and Samuel, the high priest, wasn't available to offer it, Saul would do it himself. And after Samuel died and Saul needed advice, he tried to summon Samuel's spirit through a foreign medium. He was just not a good role model for his subjects.

Prophetically, Saul had secretly anointed David as Saul's successor over Saul's sons. Saul brought David into his household but became increasingly jealous of David who always seemed to make the right decisions, and he wasted a lot of time and energy hunting David down rather than dealing with external threats to the nation.

Answer 3

Saul was the first king of Israel and after he died David became king, David took over because Saul turned from God and wasn't worthy of being king

Answer 4

Saul was the first king. He was replaced by David because he died and left no living heirs.

Answer 5

Saul was the first King. And sadly, God did not want Israel to have a King in the first place, but they insisted. God wanted Israel to reserve Kingship to God himself. But they wanted a human King and so, very likely, they got what they deserved.

Saul was not holy. He did not follow God. He seemed to believe that whatever Saul gained was for Saul's disposal. And when the Lord God gave him a kingly mission, he turned it into a selfish one. He ended up committing suicide, but his rage and fits of jealousy, even to wanting to terminate the chosen and annointed heir to his throne, David, demonstrated an iniquitous heart. The power of the throne ate up his heart, and even his children were not loved by him. He despaired of God.

David on the other hand, loved God. And even as a child David studied the ways of God, and in this way he defeated Goliath. But he did not revel in fame, although there were times when his position went to his head as well. He coveted Bathsheba and he took the devil's advice sometimes. (He did not use occultism, however.) For his sins, David was punished like any other. But David perservered in his love and in his sonship. And while he could have killed Saul, he did not believe he should kill the Lord's annointed, which showed that his heart was pure and his trust in God's power was evident.

The contrast between the two is a very tremendous example to us. And as Jesus says, you would not have any authority were it not given to you by my Father in heaven. Jesus, who is the King of Kings, preferred death on a cross to an earthly throne, that all might be saved. Jesus was born into the House of David as a sign of his eternal kingdom. Jesus sang the Psalms of David, even from the cross. "My God why have you abandoned me?" as even Our Lord suffered abandonment for our sake. But our sorrow is soon turned into joy.

In looking at the three crosses, Saul is the bad thief, David is the good thief, and Jesus is Our Savior. David would say:
He has done nothing to deserve our punishment, Please Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.

And just like the Jews 2000 years ago, people today still want an earthly King. But the Lord is kind and merciful, and full of redemption for us good thieves of his magnificent heart.

Answer 6

Saul. For he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. "The commandment was: Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ***."

1 Samual 15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. 10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, 11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

1 Samuel 16:1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel?

Answer 7

King Saul was a great man who committed one terrible mistake, dooming his reign from the start.

Answer 8

Saul

Meanwhile Saul had withdrawn from Michmash to Gilgal in the Jordan Valley. There he waited seven days for Samuel. But Samuel did not come at the appointed time. Fearing that the enemy would sweep down upon him when he had not secured Jehovah’s help and that further delay would result in losing his army, Saul ‘compelled himself’ to offer up the burnt sacrifice. Samuel, on arriving, condemned Saul’s ‘foolish act’ as sinful. Evidently, Saul’s sin consisted of his presumptuously going ahead with the sacrifice and not obeying Jehovah’s commandment, which had been given through his representative Samuel, to wait for Samuel to offer up the sacrifice. (Compare 1Sa 10:8.) As a consequence of this act, Saul’s kingdom was not to last.—1Sa 13:1-14.

In the progress of the campaign against the Philistines, Saul pronounced a curse upon anyone partaking of food before vengeance was executed on the enemy. This rash oath led to adverse consequences. The Israelites tired, and though they triumphed over the Philistines, their victory was not as great as it might have been. Famished, they did not take time to drain the blood from the animals they afterward slaughtered, thereby violating God’s law concerning the sanctity of blood. Not having heard his father’s oath, Jonathan ate some honey. Saul, therefore, pronounced the death sentence upon him. But the people redeemed Jonathan, for he had been instrumental in Israel’s gaining the victory.—1Sa 14:1-45.

Rejected by God. Throughout Saul’s reign there were repeated battles against the Philistines and other peoples, including the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, and Amalekites. (1Sa 14:47, 48, 52) In the war against the Amalekites, Saul transgressed Jehovah’s command by sparing the best of their flock and herd as well as their king, Agag. When asked why he had not obeyed Jehovah’s voice, Saul disclaimed guilt and shifted the blame onto the people. Only after Samuel emphasized the serious nature of the sin and said that, because of it, Jehovah was rejecting him as king did Saul acknowledge that his error was the result of his fearing the people. After Saul pleaded with Samuel to honor him in front of the older men and in front of Israel by accompanying him, Samuel did appear with him before them. Then Samuel himself proceeded to put Agag to death. After that, Samuel parted from Saul and they had no further association.—1Sa 15:1-35.

It was after this and after the anointing of David as Israel’s future king that Jehovah’s spirit left Saul. From then on “a bad spirit from Jehovah terrorized him.” Having withdrawn his spirit from Saul, Jehovah made it possible for a bad spirit to gain possession of him, depriving Saul of his peace of mind and stirring up his feelings, thoughts, and imaginations in a wrong way. Saul’s failure to obey Jehovah indicated a bad inclination of mind and heart, against which God’s spirit offered Saul no protection or resistive force. However, since Jehovah had permitted the “bad spirit” to replace his spirit and terrorize Saul, it could be termed a “bad spirit from Jehovah,” so that Saul’s servants spoke of it as “God’s bad spirit.” On the recommendation of one of his attendants, Saul requested that David be his court musician to calm him when he was troubled by the “bad spirit.”—1Sa 16:14-23; 17:15.

This continues, but there is so much! Good info though, and this expounds on some of the other answers.

Answer 9

Saul, b/c he disobeyed God's command and turned from Him.

Answer 10

Saul and he forgot God and approached a sorcerer.