{
    "chapter": 2,
    "verse": 247,
    "text": "And their prophet said unto those elders: \"Behold, now God has raised up Saul to be your king.\" They said: \"How can he have dominion over us when we have a better claim to dominion than he, and he has not [even] been endowed with abundant wealth?\" [The prophet] replied: \"Behold, God has exalted him above you, and endowed him abundantly with knowledge and bodily perfection. And God bestows His dominion upon whom He wills: for God is infinite, all-knowing"
}