hello my name is tubby I live here in this wonderful library and I
love to eat books I live here with my friends gumbo and freckles gumbo
Fraggles come out come out wherever you are
over there on that great book is grand old holy she is really old and wise and
tells us wonderful stories when she is awake that is
wake up holy wake up it's time for you to tell us a story I am NOT a sleep
tubby I was just thinking of which story to tell all of you today thought about
it yes today I will tell you a story about how the people of Israel get their
first King long time ago the people of Israel came to Samuel a wise man of the
Lord asking him for a new king to rule them and their nation so Samuel called
the people of Israel together for a religious meeting at a place called Miz pop
Samuel said today you don't want to obey the Lord you have asked for a king
gather ourselves before the Lord by tribes and by clans then Samuel had each
tribe come forward and the Lord chose the tribe of Benjamin now the families
of the tribe of Benjamin were asked to come forward and the family of Matri was
picked out from the family of Matri the son of Kish Saul was chosen as the king
of Israel but Saul hid himself behind a large bag and was brought out by the
people Saul was a strong man and a foot taller than anyone else Samuel said to
the people here is the man the Lord has chosen the people of Israel were very
happy at the anointment of the new king samuel explained to him the rights and
duties of a king and wrote them in a book which he kept in a holy place so
this was the story of how soul became the first king of Israel so children
the question for today is may i ask the question for today please please please
okay go ahead what was Saul's father's name that was a
good question so who will answer Tubby's question I will I will
his father's name was no it was Tish no it was thish silly well he was close tubby all right
then a woman had prayed to the Lord for a son
and had promised that if she did have one she would offer him for service to
God her son's name was Samuel a wise man during this time the Israelites had an
enemy called the Philistines the Philistines wanted to fight the
Israelites and take over the promised land the Israelites decided to choose a
king who could lead them into battle so they went to Samuel to ask him for his
help they told him you must find someone fit to be a king Samuel asked
God for advice God said to Samuel they have rejected me Samuel not you do as
they ask find them a king to lead them in a battle but explain to them what it
means to have a king before you do anything else
Samuel went to the elders and said to them I am ready to find you King but
first you must understand what it will mean to have a king they will take of your
sons for the army and ask for taxes they will also take one tenth of your best
produce he will do what is best for you but you will be under his rules and
have to obey him but the elders really wanted to have a king so Samuel chose a
handsome man called saul in the beginning Saul proved to be a good king he raised
a strong army and fought the Philistines but soon he became very proud
broke many religious laws and stopped listening to Samuel Samuel said to Saul
one day so since you have rejected God God has rejected you asking me
Samuel never saw Saul again after that day he decided to look for a new king
for the Israelites ok tubby who did Samuel chooses the King I know
Samuel chose Saul as the king but the Israelites that is very good tubby I
will tell you all a story I have already thought about it but I'm sure
your children can remember that we need to answer a question at the end well
then a long time ago King Saul of Israel had made David a
brave man an officer in his army the people of Israel were very happy he won
all the battles that Saul sent him to fight the Israelite women sang joyful
songs and praise of David they sang Saul has won thousands but david has won ten
thousands all these phrases of david angered king
saul he did not like it at all he said the i am less honoured than David
next they will make him King Saul was jealous of David from that day onwards
he watched his actions and movements very carefully the next day suddenly an
evil spirit took control of soul he started behaving like a madman in his
house David was playing the harp like he did every day and Saul was holding a
spear all of a sudden he threw his spear at David David moved just in time and
thus was saved Saul realized that the Lord was not with him anymore so Saul
sent David away to fight dangerous Wars with a thousand men under his command
even then David managed to win all the battles Saul the game even more afraid
of him but the people loved David because he was such a good leader David
is so brave I love him more and more every day
stop it freckles you want any silly funny wave Holy we can go ahead and ask
us the question so the question is what did Saul attack David with while he was
playing the harp a spear oh yes very good this story should be interesting
the story is about why God chosen a new king after saul Ok let's begin with the story
then God chose Saul as the first king of Israel but unfortunately Saul always did
not make good decisions once Israel was an ugly war with the Philistines and for
seven days Saul and his men hid at a place called Jill go where they waited
for Samuel to arrive as that was what Samuel had asked them to do the
Israelite soldiers was so afraid to fight the Philistines that they started
fleeing one at a time so Saul decided to take matters in his own hand and offered
a burnt sacrifice to God the moment he finished with the sacrifice samuel
arrived and asked what are you doing my men are afraid to fight the philistines
and they are starting to run away i had to stop them
I was seeking God's help because without his help is impossible to fight the war
if you had obeyed God's command then he would have made you the king of Israel
forever but now that you have disobeyed him your reign must end as God has
already chosen a new king whose heart follows his Samuel said another time Saul
once again disobeyed God by not destroying the Amalekites as he was
ordered instead he'd captured the king and let his own soldiers take a lot of
cattle and sheep when Samuel challenged his disobedience Saul had an excuse yes
I have brought back the King but the rest of the nation is all wiped out we
brought back the best of sheep and cattle to use them to make our
sacrifices to God he wants our sacrifices yes he wants her sacrifices
but he wants to obedience more and you have disobeyed him it is obedience that
pleases God Samuel said firmly God was done with Saul's excuses and he
chosen a new king for Israel who Samuel would anoint very soon
Saul shouldn't have disobey God and should have follow his commands yes but he didn't so what is today's
question Holi today's question is with whom did the Israelites get into an ugly
battle the Amilakites no no the philistines are you sure freckles
mmm yes i think so am i wrong
no you are correct it was the Philistines I hope you all
liked the story as much as these kids did so we'll be back again with another
new story till next time