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Saul (/ s ɔː l /; Hebrew: שָׁאוּל , Šāʾūl; Greek: Σαούλ, Saoúl; transl. "asked/prayed for") was a monarch of ancient Israel and Judah and, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, the first king of the United Monarchy, a polity of uncertain historicity.
the incident of Saul berating Jonathan for his friendship with David in 1 Sam. 20:30–34; David fleeing from the court of King Saul in 1 Sam. 20:1–42; the description of David and Jonathan's final meeting in 1 Sam. 23:15–18; David's lament (the Song of the Bow) for Saul and Jonathan in 2 Sam. 1:17–27
In the biblical narrative, he is the eldest son of King Saul of the Kingdom of Israel, and a close friend of David. He is described as having great strength and swiftness ( 2 Samuel 1:23 ) and excelling in archery ( 1 Samuel 20:20 , 2 Samuel 1:22 ) and slinging ( 1 Chronicles 12:2 ).
A tributary of Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria and the last king of Aram Damascus. [65] According to the Bible, he was eventually put to death by Tiglath-Pileser. 2 Kgs. 16:7–9, Is. 7:1: Sanballat: Governor of Samaria: fl. 445: A leading figure of the opposition which Nehemiah encountered during the rebuilding of the walls around the temple in ...
The narrative bears some features of folk-tales: a young man setting out to find his father's missing donkeys comes out as designated king. [15] Saul's search led him to the prophet Samuel, who privately anointed Saul as king and provided three signs as confirmation to its legitimacy, [14] all of which were fulfilled in 1 Samuel 10:2–7. [16]
According to the narrative of the appointment of Saul as king in 1 Samuel 9, Kish was the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah and he kept donkeys. It was the loss of these donkeys which led Saul and a servant to journey in search of them and so to meet Samuel, Saul's anointer.
Witch of Endor by Adam Elsheimer.. When the prophet Samuel dies, he is buried in Rama (1 Samuel 25:1; 28:3).Saul, the King of Israel, seeks advice from God in choosing a course of action against the assembled forces of the Philistine army.
David was a son-in-law of Saul, having married Saul's daughter Michal. In case all of Saul's children perished, David had a chance to claim Saul's inheritance through his marriage to Michal. This can be seen to improve his claim to power through an advantageous marriage. The Chronicler does not mention David's marriage to Michal.