Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Yahweh. Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
"Worthless fellows ... despised him.  They brought him no present"  (1 Samuel 10:27).  This means that even after Saul's being anointed, and after his public proclamation as king following the casting of lots, the whole people of Israel had not received him as king.  He went, not to a throne, but he went home.  This indicates why phase three of his elevation was yet required.