Saul: The Tortured Soul

The Chosen People

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Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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# 163 - Saul: The Tortured Soul - In this episode of The Chosen People, we explore 1 Samuel 16:14–23 and the heartbreaking moment when God’s Spirit departs from King Saul. As Saul wrestles with torment and isolation, a young shepherd named David brings unexpected peace through music—and a glimpse of the king he’s destined to become.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 163 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Psalm 51:12, "Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me."Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	previously on the chosen people.
0:02.8	Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
0:06.1	he has rejected you as king.
0:10.2	Samuel, please, I...
0:13.7	I have sinned.
0:16.3	I feared the people.
0:18.0	I listened to them instead of God. but it was not my will. Please,
0:24.2	oh, pardon my, pardon my sin. Return with me. Let me worship before the Lord. Saul's hands trembled.
0:33.7	He lunged forward grabbing Samuel's robe, the fabric tore.
0:38.1	As you have torn my robe, so the Lord has torn the kingdom from you.
0:45.0	He will give it to another.
0:47.2	The Lord has already chosen him.
0:49.8	He is a man that seeks after the heart of God more than the heart of the people.
0:56.3	And Saul, in his solitude, felt the weight of God's absence heavier than ever before.
1:05.0	Samuel's hands curled into fists. He had pleaded with God, had wept for Saul's soul night after night, waiting
1:14.7	for an answer that never came. How long will you mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as
1:23.7	kin. Now, rise. Fill your horn with oil and go to Jesse of Bethlehem. Among his sons,
1:35.3	you'll find the king I have chosen. At the top of the hill, he found the boy. He was under
1:43.3	the Cyprus tree, half reclined against its trunk, fingers dancing across the
1:50.0	strings of his lyre.
1:51.7	Arise, anoint him, for this is the one I have chosen. A wretched cry shattered the silence of the palace halls, a guttural wail of frustration and fury that sent the servants cowering behind doors and tapestries.
2:16.6	The crashing of metal and the splintering
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