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.