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