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Saul
   Name Means "Asked (of God)."
   Don't Confuse With another man in the Old Testament named Saul (Genesis 36:37, I Chronicles 1:48-49) or the New Testament figure Saul of Tarsus, later known as Paul (Acts 13:2-3).
   Home Gibeah, three miles north of Jerusalem in the territory of Benjamin.
   Family Was the son of Kish, a prominent Benjamite (I Samuel 9:1); father of several sons presumably by his wife Ahinoam, including his heir Jonathan (I Samuel 14:49-51, I Chronicles 8:33), of two sons by his concubine Rizpah (II Samuel 21:8), and of two daughters, Merab and Michal (I Samuel 14:49).
   Occupation King of Israel.
   Best Known As The first king of Israel, whose disobedience resulted in the Lord's appointment of David to the throne (I Samuel 16:12-13).

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