1 Chronicles 8 - Genealogy of Saul

The genealogy of 1 Chronicles takes us to the line of Saul.  Here we see that he has a large family and that his clan produces mighty warriors (1 Chrn 8:40).  But being many or being mighty is not what is important to God.  Saul, the seemingly ideal king (non-partisan tribe, very tall, small central government, time of crisis, military success, able to unite the tribes, etc.), turns away from God and Saul's kingly line ends with him.  The 'ideal' situation is not always the situation that God is going to use.  We need to respond to the things we know about God and not presume how He will accomplish His work.  This family, that has an entire chapter devoted to it, is not the line of the great kings of Judah; it is not the line of Christ.