- 1. Also called SHAUL
- King of EdomGen 36:37Gen 36:381Ch 1:481Ch 1:49
- 2. King of Israel
- A Benjamite, son of Kish1Sa 9:11Sa 9:2
- Sons of1Ch 8:33
- His personal appearance1Sa 9:21Sa 10:23
- Made king of Israel1Sa 91Sa 101Sa 11:12–15Hos 13:11
- Lives at Gibeah of Saul1Sa 14:21Sa 15:34Isa 10:29
- Defeats the Philistines1Sa 131Sa 14:461Sa 14:52
- Strikes the Amalekites1Sa 15
- Is reproved by Samuel for usurping the priestly functions1Sa 13:11–14
- Samuel rebukes him for disobedience by not exterminating the Amalekites; the loss of his kingdom is foretold1Sa 15
- Dedicates the spoils of war1Sa 15:21–251Ch 26:28
- Sends messengers to Jesse, asking that David be sent to him as a musician and an armor-bearer1Sa 16:17–23
- Defeats the Philistines after Goliath is killed by David1Sa 17
- His jealousy of David; gives his daughter, Michal, to David to be his wife; becomes David' s enemy1Sa 18
- Tries to kill David; Jonathan intercedes and incurs his father' s displeasure; David' s loyalty to Jonathan; Saul' s temporary remorse; prophesies1Sa 19
- Hears Doeg against Ahimelech, and kills the priest and his family. pursues David to wilderness of Ziph; the Ziphites betray David to1Sa 23
- Pursues David to En-gedi1Sa 24:1–6
- His life spared by David1Sa 24:5–8
- Saul' s contrition for his bad faith1Sa 24:16–22
- David is again betrayed to, by the Ziphites; Saul pursues him to the hill of Hachilah; his life spared again by David; his confession, and his blessing upon David1Sa 26
- Kills the Gibeonites; crime avenged by the death of seven of his sons2Sa 21:1–9
- His kingdom invaded by Philistines; seeks counsel of the witch of En-dor, who foretells his own death1Sa 28:3–251Sa 29:1
- Is defeated, and is killed with some of his sons1Sa 31
- Their bodies exposed in Beth-shan; rescued by the people of Jabesh and burned; bones of, buried under a tree at Jabesh1Sa 312Sa 12Sa 21Ch 10
- His death is a judgment on account of his sins1Ch 10:13
- 3. Of Tarsus
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