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===Saul===
Saul is the chosen one, a king appointed by Yahweh, God of Israel, and anointed by Samuel, Yahweh's prophet, and yet he is ultimately rejected.<ref>Hertzberg, p.19</ref> Saul loses the chance to establish his dynasty and even to continue to reign through two faults: he carries out a sacrifice in place of Samuel (1 Samuel 13:8-14), and he fails to carry out complete genocide against the [[Amalekites]] as God has ordered (1 Samuel 15).<ref>Klein, p.319</ref> Instead, Saul spared their livestock in order to sacrifice them to God properly. The Deuteronomist's negative view of Saul and desire to show David as the first real king of Israel has obscured Saul's real achievements.<ref>Schleffer, p.263</ref>
===David===
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