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Saul

son of Kish (1SA 9:2), King of Israel (1SA 11:15)

PersonTribe of Benjaminmale336 verses
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Names

  • Saul — שָׁאוּל shaul “asked, [poss.] dedicated to G-d” (H7586) · Σαούλ Saoúl (G4549) — 1 Samuel 9:2

Titles

  • the LORD's anointed — מָשִׁיחַ יְהוָה mashiyach y-h-v-h “[the] LORD's anointed/messiah” (H4899, H3068) · χριστῷ κυρίου xristō̂i kyríou “anointed/messiah [of the] lord” (G2962) — 1 Samuel 24:6
  • King of Israel — מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל melek yisərael “king of Israel” (H3478) · βασιλεῦ Ισραηλ basileû Israēl “king of Israel” (G2474) — 1 Samuel 24:14

Family

Marriage

Associations

  • nephew of Abner (inferred)
  • concubinator of Rizpah (inferred)

Dated events

  • Birth of Saul* — 2,891 AH · 1,071 BC · aged 0 — 1 Samuel 9:2
  • Saul's reign as king began* — 2,939 AH · 1,095 BC (Ussher) · aged 48 — 1 Samuel 13:1
  • Saul's reign as king ended — 2,951 AH · 1,055 BC (Ussher) — 1 Samuel 31:4
  • Death of Saul — 2,951 AH · 1,055 BC (Ussher) — 1 Samuel 31:4

Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.

Named together

Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.

and 44 further places named alongside this person.

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