According to scripture "The people" is defined as...everyone, including the rulers of hundreds, fifties, tens, the seventy elders and everyone in between. Even Saul could not be confirmed king until even the children of belial signed on to him (1 Sam 10:25-27; 11:12-15):
Numbers 11:16, 17-
16And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel,
whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
17And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which
is upon thee, and will put
it upon them;
and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
Deuteronomy 1:9-15-
9And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
10The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye
are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
11(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye
are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
12How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
13Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. 14And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. 15So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
Deuteronomy 17:14, 15-
14“When you enter the land which the LORD your God gives you, and you possess it and live in it, and you say, ‘
I will set a king over me like all the nations who are around me,’
15you shall surely set a king over you whom the LORD your God chooses,
one from among your countrymen you shall set as king over yourselves; you may not put a foreigner over yourselves who is not your countryman.
Judges 9:6- And
all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that
was in Shechem.
Judges 11:11- Then Jephthah
went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.
1 Samuel 11:15- And
all the people went to Gilgal; and
there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
2 Sam 2:4-
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying,
That the men of Jabeshgilead
were they that buried Saul.
2 Samuel 5:1-3
- 1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
2Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’
3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
1 Kings 1:39- And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and
all the people said, God save king Solomon.
1 Kings 12:1- And Rehoboam went to Shechem:
for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
1 Kings 12:20- And it came to pass, when
all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that
they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
1 Kings 16:16- And the people
that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore
all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host
, king over Israel that day in the camp.
1 Kings 16:21, 22-
Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and
half followed Omri. But
the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
2 Kings 10:5-
and he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying,
We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou
that which is good in thine eyes.
2 Kings 11:4, 12- And the seventh year Jehoiada
sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son. and he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and
gave him the testimony; and
they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
2 Kings 14:21-
And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which
was sixteen years old,
and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
2 Kings 21:24- And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and
the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
1 Chron 11:1-3- Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we
are thy bone and thy flesh.
2And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou
wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
3Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
1 Chronicles 12:23, 38- And these
are the numbers of the bands
that were ready armed to the war,
and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD…
All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
1 Chronicles 29:21-24-
21And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day,
even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams,
and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
22And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness.
And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok
to be priest.
23Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered;
and all Israel obeyed him. 24And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
2 Chronicles 10:1-And Rehoboam went to Shechem:
for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
2 Chronicles 22:1
- And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned
.
2 Chronicles 23:1-3, 11-13, 20-
1And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and
took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. 2And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. 3And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David…
11Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king. Now when Athaliah heard
the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:
13And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king:
and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason…
20And he took
the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. 21And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
2 Chronicles 26:1-
1Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who
was sixteen years old, and
made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
2 Chronicles 36:1
- 1Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and
made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
