Saul was known not to have inquired about the ark of God. He even built (Hebrew: began to build) an altar his first altar one time. It is as though he started it but never finished it. Yet he is Saul -asked for. He seems to be the product of a request or the evidence of a prayer. Ironically, he refrains from completing his altar. A few mistakes are attributed to Saul's demise as a king but there could be no greater cost to him than that of his unfinished altar.
