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Saul (or Sha'ul) (Hebrew: שָׁאוּל, meaning "given" or "lent") was the first king of the ancient Kingdom of Israel who reigned from about 1020–1000 B.C.E.. Described in the Bible as a man of uncommon promise and valor, Saul united the tribes of Israel against the power of the Philistines, but lost the support of a key ally—Samuel, the powerful prophet and judge who had initially identified and anointed him as God's chosen leader.
Saul: The First King. Samuel marks the end of the period of the Judges. Saul marks the beginning of the period of the Kings. Their lives — along with the life of King David — are inextricably intertwined. Samuel was the one who introduced the idea of monarchy to the people. It was he whom God chose to anoint the first kings (Saul and David).
Jan 4, 2022 · Saul was secretly anointed the first king of all the tribes of Israel (1 Samuel 10:1) before being publicly selected by lot (1 Samuel 10:17–24). Saul’s reign over Israel started peacefully around 1050 BC, but the peace did not last. One of the most famous events in Saul’s life was the stand-off with the Philistines in the Valley of Elah.
The story of the choice of Saul as king appears in three different traditions: In the first, Saul is looking for his father’s lost she-asses when he meets Samuel, who anoints him prince (nasi) over Israel (1 Samuel 9:3-10:16). In the second tradition, Saul is hidden among baggage at Mizpah when Samuel casts lots to choose the king (1 Samuel ...
Saul 's Family. In the meantime, G‑d arranged for Samuel to meet the man who was to become the first king of Israel. In the small but valiant tribe of Benjamin there lived a man named Kish. He had a son Saul, a young man of tall and majestic stature, towering more than a head above the rest of his townsmen.
Some believe that Samuel’s birth story was originally about Saul. Saul appears in the narrative superscription of five different Psalms: Ps 18, Ps 52, Ps 54, Ps 57, and Ps 59. Saul nearly had his son Jonathan executed because of an oath he made his army swear (1Sam 14:28, 1Sam 14:36-46). Unlike many other prominent figures in the Hebrew Bible ...
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