ocr: reservations about the sraelites demand for a king, God had fully a adopted - the king as his representative within the nation. In a ypically humble response, David erupted in a prayer of astonished thanksgiving. This promise, given in an intimate exchange petween God and David, sowed the seed for what would become a long-time hope of the Jews: a royal "Messiah, - or Anointed One. Saul's dynasty ended just as it had begun; David's would continue through a long line of kings and culminate in God's own Son, to be born into David's lineage in Bethlehem, the City of David. Has God's promise been r ...