And look at the way Saul affected those who were closest to him. Saul's relationship with his wife was significant to the extent that she was barely mentioned. Saul's son became best friends with a young man whom seemed okay with King Saul until others showed admiration for him also. And that same young man was adored by Saul's younger daughter ...to whom Saul promised her hand in marriage if the young man achieved a task which the king felt impossible to achieve, hoping the young man would instead die in the process. But after the young man did survive and marry the king's daughter, King Saul treated him like an enemy, and the young man's wife and her brother had to both help him flee for his life. So why did God choose Saul? I Samuel, Chapter 9:1-2, shows why God chose Saul. God gave them the kind of king that they were looking for ...to perhaps show them how much of a mistake it was to desire a king.