Misinterpretations often portray the band of men as a mere posse of outcasts or troublemakers banding together out of personal grudge, overlooking the divine touch on their hearts which indicates God's purposeful inspiration for genuine allegiance; another error assumes this depicts Saul with overwhelming popular support from the start, ignoring the context of scorn from some Israelites and emphasizing instead God's targeted selection amid divided responses.
I Samuel 10:26
King James Version (1769)
26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
This verse captures the initial phase of Saul's kingship, where after his anointing, he returns to his hometown of Gibeah accompanied by a select group of men whose hearts God had touched, signifying divine intervention in stirring loyal support for Saul as Israel's first king, demonstrating God's sovereign provision of followers despite not all Israelites immediately accepting him.