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SAUL ;
1. Also called SHAUL
- King of Edom
- Ge 36:37,38; 1Ch 1:48,492. 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
- 1Sa 15- Is reproved by Samuel for usurping the priestly functions
- 1Sa 13:11-14- Samuel rebukes him for disobedience by not exterminating the
Amalekites; the loss of his kingdom is foretold - 1Sa 15- Dedicates the spoils of war
- 1Sa 15:21-25; 1Ch 26:28- Sends messengers to Jesse, asking that David be sent to him
as a musician and an armor-bearer - 1Sa 16:17-23- Defeats the Philistines after Goliath is killed by David
- 1Sa 17- His jealousy of David; gives his daughter, Michal, to David
to be his wife; becomes David's enemy - 1Sa 18- Tries to kill David; Jonathan intercedes and incurs his
father's displeasure; David's loyalty to Jonathan; Saul's temporary remorse; prophesies - 1Sa 19- Hears Doeg against Ahimelech, and kills the priest and his
family. pursues David to wilderness of Ziph; the Ziphites betray David to - 1Sa 23- Pursues David to En-gedi
- 1Sa 24:1-6- His life spared by David
- 1Sa 24:5-8- Saul's contrition for his bad faith
- 1Sa 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 David - 1Sa 26- Kills the Gibeonites; crime avenged by the death of seven of
his sons - 2Sa 21:1-9- His kingdom invaded by Philistines; seeks counsel of the
witch of En-dor, who foretells his own death - 1Sa 28:3-25; 29:1- Is defeated, and is killed with some of his sons
- 1Sa 31- Their bodies exposed in Beth-shan; rescued by the people of
Jabesh and burned; bones of, buried under a tree at Jabesh - 1Sa 31; with 2Sa 1; 2; 1Ch 10- His death is a judgment on account of his sins
- 1Ch 10:133. Of Tarsus
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