Euroopa ideede ajaloo eksami kordamisküsimused
Thus we see, the pretensions of Saul's family, who received his crown from the immediate appointment of God, ended
with his reign; and David, by the same title that Saul reigned, viz. God's appointment, succeeded in his throne, to the
exclusion of Jonathan, and all pretensions of paternal inheritance: and if Solomon had a right to succeed his father, it must
be by some other title, than that of primogeniture. Acadet, or sister's son, must have the preference in succession, if he has
the same title the first lawful prince had: and in dominion that has its foundation only in the positive appointment of God
himself, Benjamin, the youngest, must have the inheritance of the crown, if God so direct, as well as one of that tribe had
the first possession. If paternal right, the act of begetting, give a man rule and dominion, inheritance or primogeniture can