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Saul
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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). |
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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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