Please explain the above scripture. What does it mean, "Neither chose I any man to be a ruler over My people Israel," in the fifth verse; then it says, "And have chosen David to be over My people"? Simply this, that up to that time the Lord had not chosen any one to be the leader; God Himself was their leader, and He appointed His own lieutenants or under shepherds. So He appointed Joshua, Samuel, and others. When the children of Israel asked for a king, the prophet told them that it was not the Lord's will that they should have a king. It would bring them trouble, but they insisted and He gave them Saul, a man of their own choice. Up to that time the center of worship had been in the tabernacle, the ark, and that had been in no settled place; but at the time this passage is spoken, the Lord declared that He had now chosen David to be leader over His people and Jerusalem to be the city. It was simply a change that the Lord made in His dealings with that people, based upon their needs and condition. David was also chosen to be the great ancestor of Christ. Why the Lord chose him was because of his spirit of devotion to God.