The people of Israel told Samuel they wanted to have a king like the nations that lived around them. Samuel warned them what it would be like to have a king, but they wanted one anyway. The Lord sent Saul to meet Samuel, and Samuel annointed him with oil. Then Saul ran into a group of worshipers, Saul, too, fell under the power of the Holy Spirit. God gave him a new heart.  There was no one like him, the handsomest man in Israel and the tallest. The people shouted, "Long live the king!"