This past Saturday marked 14 weeks since those brutal, unexpected, attacks by Hamas terrorists against some Israeli Kibbutz communities which were celebrating a Jewish holiday. Almost daily, graphic news flows out of the middle east telling us of the retaliatory strikes of warring factions. Amazingly this very same violence and barbarism has been part of the story of Israel since Old Testament times, and today let’s rejoin the story of Israel selecting their first King, Saul, the son of Kish.