1 Kings 13-15

The book of Judges ends with the phrase; "In those days Israel had no king and everyone did as he saw fit." The books bearing Samuel's name describe the transition between the ages of no king and a physical man on a throne. After David's reign the people of Israel walk right back into the same sinfulness that marked the history after Joshua. It could be said "In the days of the kings everyone still did as he saw fit." Having a human leader had virtually no lasting spiritual effect on the generations of the people. We need to remember that whenever we think our solutions to a problem are a better than what we see God doing.
Stuart