שָׁאוּל

sha.ulSaul
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man406 occurrences8 books335 verses
This name belongs to 4 different people in the Bible:
  • Saul: First king of Israel, anointed by Samuel
  • Shaul: Levite descendant of Kohath
  • Shaul: King of Edom from Rehoboth on the Euphrates
  • Shaul: Son of Simeon, grandson of Jacob

Definition

passive participle of H7592; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
Traditional renderings: Saul, Shaul.

Glossary entries

Saul Shaul Joel (Person) Shaulite

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

406 total
  1. 1 Samuel 15:20שָׁא֜וּל · Saul
    “But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.
  2. 1 Samuel 15:24שָׁא֤וּל · Then Saul
    Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
  3. 1 Samuel 15:26שָׁא֔וּל
    “I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”
  4. 1 Samuel 15:31 (2×)שָׁא֑וּל · Saul; שָׁא֖וּל · and Saul
    So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.
  5. 1 Samuel 15:34 (2×)וְשָׁא֛וּל · but Saul; שָׁאֽוּל׃ · of Saul
    Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
  6. 1 Samuel 15:35 (3×)שָׁאוּל֙ · Saul; שָׁא֑וּל · Saul; שָׁא֖וּל · He had made Saul
    And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
  7. 1 Samuel 16:1שָׁא֔וּל · Saul
    Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
  8. 1 Samuel 16:2שָׁא֖וּל · Saul
    “How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’
  9. 1 Samuel 16:14שָׁא֑וּל · Saul
    Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a spirit of distress from the LORD began to torment him.
  10. 1 Samuel 16:15שָׁא֖וּל · Saul’s
    Saul’s servants said to him, “Surely a spirit of distress from God is tormenting you.
  11. 1 Samuel 16:17שָׁא֖וּל · And Saul
    And Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him to me.”
  12. 1 Samuel 16:19שָׁא֛וּל · So Saul
    So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
  13. 1 Samuel 16:20שָׁאֽוּל׃ · Saul
    And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and one young goat and sent them to Saul with his son David.
  14. 1 Samuel 16:21שָׁא֔וּל · Saul
    When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul loved him very much, and David became his armor-bearer.
  15. 1 Samuel 16:22שָׁא֔וּל · Then Saul
    Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.”
  16. 1 Samuel 16:23 (2×)שָׁא֔וּל · Saul; לְשָׁאוּל֙ · Then Saul
    And whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would pick up his harp and play. Then Saul would find relief and feel better, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.
  17. 1 Samuel 17:2וְשָׁא֤וּל · Saul
    Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.
  18. 1 Samuel 17:8לְשָׁא֔וּל · of Saul
    And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.
  19. 1 Samuel 17:11שָׁאוּל֙ · Saul
    On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.
  20. 1 Samuel 17:12שָׁא֔וּל · of Saul
    Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons. And in the days of Saul, Jesse was old and well along in years.
  21. 1 Samuel 17:13שָׁא֖וּל · Saul
    The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
  22. 1 Samuel 17:14שָׁאֽוּל׃ס · Saul
    And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,
  23. 1 Samuel 17:15שָׁא֑וּל · Saul
    …but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
  24. 1 Samuel 17:19וְשָׁא֤וּל · are with Saul
    They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”
  25. 1 Samuel 17:31שָׁא֖וּל · Saul
    Now David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who sent for him.
  26. 1 Samuel 17:32שָׁא֔וּל · Saul
    And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”
  27. 1 Samuel 17:33שָׁא֜וּל · But Saul
    But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
  28. 1 Samuel 17:34שָׁא֔וּל
    David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
  29. 1 Samuel 17:37שָׁא֤וּל · Saul
    David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”
  30. 1 Samuel 17:38שָׁא֤וּל · Then Saul
    Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.
  31. 1 Samuel 17:39שָׁא֗וּל · Saul
    David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.
  32. 1 Samuel 17:55שָׁא֜וּל · As Saul
    As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
  33. 1 Samuel 17:57שָׁא֑וּל · Saul
    So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.
  34. 1 Samuel 17:58שָׁא֔וּל · Saul
    “Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.
  35. 1 Samuel 18:1שָׁא֔וּל · Saul
    After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
  36. 1 Samuel 18:2שָׁא֖וּל · Saul
    And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.
  37. 1 Samuel 18:5 (3×)שָׁאוּל֙ · Saul; שָׁא֔וּל · and Saul; שָׁאֽוּל׃פ · and of Saul’s
    So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.
  38. 1 Samuel 18:6שָׁא֣וּל · Saul
    As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.
  39. 1 Samuel 18:7שָׁאוּל֙ · Saul
    And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
  40. 1 Samuel 18:8לְשָׁא֜וּל · And Saul
    And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”
  41. 1 Samuel 18:9שָׁא֖וּל · Saul
    And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.
  42. 1 Samuel 18:10 (2×)שָׁאוּל֙ · Saul; שָׁאֽוּל׃ · Now Saul
    The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,