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Saul (שאול המלך) (or Sha'ul) (Hebrew: שָׁאוּל, Stanard Šaʾul Tiberian Šāʾûl ; "asked for") (reigned 1047 BC - 1007 BC) is identified in the Books of Samuel, 1 Chronicles and the Qur'an as the first king of the ancient Kingdom of Israel. Saul reigned from Gibeah during the closing decades of the second millennium B.C. He died during a Philistine conquest, when a part of his kingdom succumbed to Philistine control and occupation. The kingdom's remainder was contested by his surviving son Ish-bosheth and their common rival David. Saul's traditional biography in the Books of Samuel reveals two main sources, independent of each other.

Trivia about saul

  • St. Paul studied under the rabbi Gamaliel & was known by this name before his conversion to Christianity
  • This man anointed the 1st king of Israel was the son of Kish, a wealthy Benjaminite
  • In I Samuel 28 this biblical king consults a medium at Endor & later loses his final battle as predicted
  • When informed that this king & his son Jonathan had been killed, David said, "How are the mighty fallen"
  • In the first book of Samuel, he asked, "Is this thy voice, my son David?"
  • Doeg the Edomite was a henchman of this man, Israel's first king
  • In 1 Samuel 28 this king consulted the witch of Endor
  • After prophesying, this 1st king of Israel stayed in bed, undressed, for a whole day
  • In 1 Samuel 31 this king falls upon his own sword, opening the way for David to become king
  • Paul was born Jewish & his parents named him for this king
  • David succeeded this man as the leader of Israel around 1010 B.C.
  • Handel borrowed a timpani from the Tower of London for the 1739 oratorio about this king & David
  • When David said, "How the mighty have fallen!", he was referring to the deaths of this king & his son Jonathan
  • He was David's predecessor as Israel's king
  • In the first book of Samuel, Samuel's ghost appears to this king of Israel & predicts his military defeat
  • David was hidden offstage when Jonathan told this man "Dad, Leave My Friends Alone!"
  • After 3 of his sons were slain in battle on Mount Gilboa, this first king of Israel killed himself
  • After conquering Amalek, this king disappointed God by not killing every living thing; he spared the fat sheep
  • David plays the harp to calm this tormented king in the Rembrandt painting seen here:
  • In I Samuel, David saved this king's life more than once

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