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Queen Elizabeth II had but one coronation. It was in June of 1953.<\/span><\/p>\n

Technically, she had ascended the throne more than a year earlier, in February 1952, after her father, King George VI, died. So you may count that as her having had two crownings. But no more than that.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Charles, Prince of Wales, eventually became king \u2013 and his son William, and his son George after him \u2013 one imagines that each of those monarchs will have one coronation, or two, tops.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why then does Saul, the first king of Israel, endure three whole coronations?<\/span><\/p>\n

And it’s not just the over-the-top number that makes Saul’s ceremony in I Samuel 12 different. Elizabeth’s day in 1953 was filled with pageantry, pomp and circumstance. It cost more than 1.5 million GBP. Three million spectators gathered in the streets for a glimpse of the new queen. And, for the first time, a British coronation was televised, and millions watched from the comfort of their living rooms.<\/span><\/p>\n

Saul’s ceremony, in contrast, was downright gloomy. We understand from Samuel that it took place during the season of the wheat harvest, which takes place in early summer, post-Shavuot. And yet, the service ends under a literal cloud. Samuel invokes God to send thunder and rain as a meteorological sign that the Israelites had done grave wrong in asking for a king in the first place. The storm is both an indication of and a punishment for their “evil.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps a hint of why Samuel felt the need to call yet another coronation can be found in the guest list. In Saul’s second crowning, found in chapter 10, Samuel musters “the people” at Mizpah. Here, in this third episode, “all the people” go to Gilgal to renew the kingship. Samuel speaks in our chapter to “all Israel.” It seems then that he has called a third coronation where he has gathered everyone, so everyone can hear what he has to say. And what he has to say has very little to do with the new king himself. It is all about God, whose very name is the leitwort<\/em> of the chapter. God is the only true king of Israel. God is the only true savior and warrior of Israel. And the entire nation is gathered at Gilgal to hear that theme. The only character who seems to be missing from the chapter is the king himself. Perhaps he is yet again hiding behind the baggage. 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