I Shmuel 9: Lost but Found

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Aug 2, 2026 · 2m

Judges ended on a very sour note. The Sodom redux story ended with eleven tribes almost wiping out the tribe of Benjamin. The country was leaderless, and the text repeated the reason over and over again: “At that time there was no king in Israel. Each person did as they pleased.” Now, there will be a king. But in a twist, the king does not come from the tribe of Yehuda. Instead, the king comes from the tribe of Benjamin. Perhaps God chooses the first king from Benjamin to test the people’s request. Saul was a direct descendant of the families that survived the massacre as he says that he was…