1095 BC · AM 2909 · United Kingdom

Saul anointed first king of Israel

While Saul searched for his father's donkeys, the LORD directed him to Samuel. Samuel privately anointed Saul as ruler, foretold confirming signs, and told him that the Spirit of the LORD would come powerfully upon him (1 Samuel 9:1-10:16), in 1095 BC.

Based on a king's years of rule

Ussher places Israel's request for a king and Saul's accession in 1095 BC (Annals paragraphs 392-393).

📖 1 Samuel 9:1

1Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.

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