1 S 24:16 “Saul said: ‘Is this thy voice, my son David?’ And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.“
“Despite Sha’ul’s failures and his subsequent descent into monomaniacal pursuit of David, there is something that leads many readers to view the first king of Israel not as evil, but as tragically marred…Sha’ul is not a misfit but a ‘mighty’ warrior who has fallen, surely not a cause for rejoicing.”
—-Everett Fox
“Despite Sha’ul’s failures and his subsequent descent into monomaniacal pursuit of David, there is something that leads many readers to view the first king of Israel not as evil, but as tragically marred…Sha’ul is not a misfit but a ‘mighty’ warrior who has fallen, surely not a cause for rejoicing.”
—-Everett Fox