1Ch 9:35 | KingComments | STEP | In , the historical part of the book begins, and it again begins with mentioning Saul’s genealogy (cf. ). This is done to show the contrast with David. This is another illustration of the principle that the natural comes first and then the spiritual ( ). We find this throughout the Bible. Thus we also read that God “takes away the first in order to establish the second” ( ). Saul is the king according to the taste of the people; David is the king according to the heart of God. We can already see a great difference in the activities of both persons at the time of their calling. Saul is searching for donkeys when he is promised the kingship ( ; ); David is taken from behind the sheep to be anointed king ( ). God is angry with His people when He gives Saul and even angrier when He takes him away ( ). The kingship itself is according to God’s thoughts ( ), but that is a kingship according to the wishes of His own heart. God is the King of His people. He wants to give it form in a human being. This man is the Man of His pleasure, His only begotten Son, Who became Man. It is the kingdom of God, but the government over it is laid in the hands of a Man.

‏ 1 Chronicles 9:35

Genealogy of the Gibeonites

In 1Chr 9:35, the historical part of the book begins, and it again begins with mentioning Saul’s genealogy (cf. 1Chr 8:29-40). This is done to show the contrast with David. This is another illustration of the principle that the natural comes first and then the spiritual (1Cor 15:46). We find this throughout the Bible. Thus we also read that God “takes away the first in order to establish the second” (Heb 10:9b).

Saul is the king according to the taste of the people; David is the king according to the heart of God. We can already see a great difference in the activities of both persons at the time of their calling. Saul is searching for donkeys when he is promised the kingship (1Sam 9:3 ; 19-20; 1Sam 10:1); David is taken from behind the sheep to be anointed king (1Sam 16:10-13). God is angry with His people when He gives Saul and even angrier when He takes him away (Hos 13:11).

The kingship itself is according to God’s thoughts (Deu 17:14-20), but that is a kingship according to the wishes of His own heart. God is the King of His people. He wants to give it form in a human being. This man is the Man of His pleasure, His only begotten Son, Who became Man. It is the kingdom of God, but the government over it is laid in the hands of a Man.