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 18:11שָׁאוּל֙ · and he
    …and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.
  2. 1 Samuel 18:12 (2×)שָׁא֖וּל · So Saul; שָׁא֖וּל · from Saul
    So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.
  3. 1 Samuel 18:13שָׁאוּל֙ · Therefore Saul
    Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,
  4. 1 Samuel 18:15שָׁא֔וּל · When Saul
    When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.
  5. 1 Samuel 18:17 (2×)שָׁא֜וּל · Then Saul; וְשָׁא֣וּל · But Saul
    Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
  6. 1 Samuel 18:18שָׁא֗וּל · Saul
    And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”
  7. 1 Samuel 18:19שָׁא֖וּל · Saul’s
    So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.
  8. 1 Samuel 18:20 (2×)שָׁא֖וּל · Now Saul’s; לְשָׁא֔וּל · to Saul
    Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.
  9. 1 Samuel 18:21 (2×)שָׁא֜וּל · Saul; שָׁאוּל֙ · So Saul
    “I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
  10. 1 Samuel 18:22שָׁא֜וּל · Then Saul
    Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”
  11. 1 Samuel 18:23שָׁאוּל֙ · But when Saul’s
    But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
  12. 1 Samuel 18:24שָׁא֛וּל · Saul
    And the servants told Saul what David had said.
  13. 1 Samuel 18:25 (2×)שָׁא֜וּל · Saul; וְשָׁא֣וּל · But Saul
    Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
  14. 1 Samuel 18:27שָׁא֛וּל · Then Saul
    David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.
  15. 1 Samuel 18:28 (2×)שָׁאוּל֙ · When Saul; שָׁא֖וּל · and that his
    When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
  16. 1 Samuel 18:29 (2×)שָׁא֗וּל · he; שָׁא֛וּל · Saul
    …he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.
  17. 1 Samuel 18:30שָׁא֔וּל · of Saul’s
    Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.
  18. 1 Samuel 19:1 (2×)שָׁא֗וּל · Then Saul; שָׁא֔וּל
    Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,
  19. 1 Samuel 19:2שָׁא֥וּל · Saul
    …so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.
  20. 1 Samuel 19:4שָׁא֖וּל · Saul
    Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.
  21. 1 Samuel 19:6 (2×)שָׁא֖וּל · Saul; שָׁא֔וּל
    Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”
  22. 1 Samuel 19:7שָׁא֔וּל · Saul
    So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.
  23. 1 Samuel 19:9שָׁא֔וּל · him
    But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,
  24. 1 Samuel 19:10 (2×)שָׁא֜וּל · Saul; שָׁא֔וּל · [him]
    Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But David eluded him and the spear struck the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.
  25. 1 Samuel 19:11שָׁא֨וּל · Then Saul
    Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
  26. 1 Samuel 19:14שָׁא֛וּל · When Saul
    When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”
  27. 1 Samuel 19:15שָׁאוּל֙ · But Saul
    But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”
  28. 1 Samuel 19:17 (2×)שָׁא֜וּל · And Saul; שָׁא֔וּל
    And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away, and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”
  29. 1 Samuel 19:18שָׁא֑וּל · Saul
    So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.
  30. 1 Samuel 19:19לְשָׁא֖וּל · When Saul
    When Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah,
  31. 1 Samuel 19:20 (2×)שָׁא֣וּל · he; שָׁאוּל֙ · and Saul’s
    …he sent messengers to seize him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.
  32. 1 Samuel 19:21 (2×)לְשָׁא֗וּל · to Saul; שָׁא֗וּל · So Saul
    When this was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they began to prophesy as well. So Saul tried again and sent messengers a third time, and even they began to prophesy.
  33. 1 Samuel 19:24שָׁא֖וּל · Is Saul
    Then Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
  34. 1 Samuel 20:25שָׁא֑וּל
    He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.
  35. 1 Samuel 20:26שָׁא֛וּל · Saul
    Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”
  36. 1 Samuel 20:27שָׁאוּל֙ · and Saul
    But on the day after the New Moon, the second day, David’s place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today?”
  37. 1 Samuel 20:28שָׁא֑וּל
    Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,