The people said to Samuel, Who is he who said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.
In this incident we also see Saul humble and hardworking (1 Samuel 11:5). God’s Spirit empowered him (1 Samuel 11:6), and gave him wisdom (1 Samuel 11:7-8) and victory (1 Samuel 11:11). Saul gave God the glory for his success, and he was merciful and forgiving toward his critics (1 Samuel 11:13). God also gave him favor in the eyes of His people (1 Samuel 11:15; cf. 1 Samuel 2:30; Proverbs 16:7).