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Saul in Wikipedia

Saul (Hebrew: שָׁאוּל, Modern Sha'ul Tiberian Šāʼûl ; "asked for"; Arabic: طالوت‎, Ṭālūt; Greek: Σαούλ Saoul; Latin: Saul) (1079 - 1007 BC) was the first king of the united Kingdom of Israel (reigned 1047 - 1007) according to the Hebrew Bible. He was anointed by the prophet Samuel and reigned from Gibeah. He committed suicide during a battle w...

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Saul Scripture - 1 Samuel 14:35

And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD....

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Saul Scripture - 1 Samuel 28:7

Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, [there is] a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor....

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Saul Scripture - 1 Chronicles 11:2

And 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....

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Saul in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Also called SHAUL King of Edom Ge 36:37,38; 1Ch 1:48,49 -2. King of Israel A Benjamite, son of Kish 1Sa 9:1,2 Sons of 1Ch 8:33 His personal appearance 1Sa 9:2; 10:23 Made king of Israel 1Sa 9; 10; 11:12-15; Ho 13:11 Lives at Gibeah of Saul 1Sa 14:2; 15:34; Isa 10:29 Defeats the Philistines 1Sa 13; 14:46,52 Strikes the Amalekites...

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Saul in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(desired), more accurately Shaul. 1. One of the early kings of Edom, and successor of Samlah. Ge 36:37,38; 1Ch 1:48 (B.C. after 1450.) 2. The first king of Israel, the son of Kish, and of the tribe of Benjamin. (B.C, 1095-1055.) His character is in part illustrated by the fierce, wayward, fitful nature of the tribe and in part accounted for b...

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Saul in Hitchcock's Bible Names

demanded; lent; ditch; death...

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Saul in Easton's Bible Dictionary

asked for. (1.) A king of Edom (Gen. 36:37, 38); called Shaul in 1 Chr. 1:48. (2.) The son of Kish (probably his only son, and a child of prayer, "asked for"), of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of the Jewish nation. The singular providential circumstances connected with his election as king are recorded in 1 Sam. 8-10. His father'...

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Saul in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Hebrew SHAUL 1. An early king of Edom (Genesis 36:37-38). 2. Genesis 46:10. 3. 1 Chronicles 6:24. 4. First king of Israel. The names Kish and Ner, Nadab and Abi-nadab, Baal and Mephibosheth, recur in the genealogy in two generations. The family extends to Ezra's time. If the Zimri of 1 Chronicles 9:42 be the Zimri of 1 Kings 16 it is th...

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Saul in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

I. Early History. 1. Name and Meaning: The name Saul is usually regarded as simply the passive participle of the verb "to ask," and so meaning "asked" (compare 1 Sam 8:4 ff), but the gentilic adjective sha'uli (Nu 26:13) would point to its having also an intensive connotation, "the one asked importunately," or perhaps, "the one asking insisten...

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