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. 2 Samuel 16:5שָׁא֗וּל · of Saul
    As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
  2. 2 Samuel 16:8שָׁא֗וּל · of Saul
    The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
  3. 2 Samuel 19:17שָׁא֔וּל · of Saul
    …along with a thousand men of Benjamin, as well as Ziba the steward of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan before the king
  4. 2 Samuel 19:24שָׁא֔וּל · Saul’s
    Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.
  5. 2 Samuel 21:1שָׁאוּל֙ · shed by Saul
    During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
  6. 2 Samuel 21:2שָׁאוּל֙ · Saul
    At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
  7. 2 Samuel 21:4שָׁא֣וּל · Saul
    The Gibeonites said to him, “We need no silver or gold from Saul or his house, nor should you put to death anyone in Israel for us.” “Whatever you ask, I will do for you,” he replied.
  8. 2 Samuel 21:6שָׁא֖וּל · of Saul
    …let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.
  9. 2 Samuel 21:7 (2×)שָׁא֑וּל · of Saul; שָׁאֽוּל׃ · of Saul
    Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
  10. 2 Samuel 21:8 (2×)לְשָׁא֔וּל · to Saul; שָׁא֔וּל · of Saul
    But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
  11. 2 Samuel 21:11שָׁאֽוּל׃ · Saul’s
    When David was told what Saul’s concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done,
  12. 2 Samuel 21:12 (2×)שָׁאוּל֙ · of Saul; שָׁא֖וּל · Saul
    …he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
  13. 2 Samuel 21:13שָׁא֔וּל · of Saul
    So David had the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan brought from there, and they also gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.
  14. 2 Samuel 21:14שָׁא֣וּל · of Saul
    And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.
  15. 2 Samuel 22:1שָׁאֽוּל׃ · of Saul
    And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
  16. 1 Chronicles 1:48שָׁא֖וּל · Shaul
    When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.
  17. 1 Chronicles 1:49שָׁא֑וּל · When Shaul
    When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.
  18. 1 Chronicles 4:24שָׁאֽוּל׃ · and Shaul
    The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
  19. 1 Chronicles 5:10שָׁא֗וּל · of Saul
    During the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated at their hands, and they occupied the dwellings of the Hagrites throughout the region east of Gilead.
  20. 1 Chronicles 6:24וְשָׁא֥וּל · and Shaul
    Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
  21. 1 Chronicles 8:33 (2×)שָׁא֑וּל · Saul; וְשָׁא֗וּל · and Saul
    Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
  22. 1 Chronicles 9:39 (2×)שָׁא֑וּל · Saul; וְשָׁא֗וּל · and Saul
    Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
  23. 1 Chronicles 10:2 (2×)שָׁא֖וּל · Saul; שָׁאֽוּל׃ · Saul’s
    The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
  24. 1 Chronicles 10:3שָׁא֔וּל · Saul
    When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.
  25. 1 Chronicles 10:4 (2×)שָׁאוּל֩ · Then Saul; שָׁאוּל֙ · So Saul
    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
  26. 1 Chronicles 10:5שָׁא֑וּל · Saul
    When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died.
  27. 1 Chronicles 10:6שָׁאוּל֙ · So Saul
    So Saul died together with his three sons and all his house.
  28. 1 Chronicles 10:7שָׁא֣וּל · Saul
    When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
  29. 1 Chronicles 10:8שָׁאוּל֙ · Saul
    The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
  30. 1 Chronicles 10:11לְשָׁאֽוּל׃ · to Saul
    When all the people of Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,
  31. 1 Chronicles 10:12שָׁא֗וּל · of Saul
    …all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
  32. 1 Chronicles 10:13שָׁא֗וּל · So Saul
    So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
  33. 1 Chronicles 11:2שָׁא֣וּל · while Saul
    Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
  34. 1 Chronicles 12:1שָׁא֣וּל · of Saul
    Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in battle;
  35. 1 Chronicles 12:2שָׁא֖וּל · [and they were] Saul’s
    …they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
  36. 1 Chronicles 12:19 (2×)שָׁא֛וּל · against; שָׁאֽוּל׃ · Saul
    Some from Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (They did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers consulted and sent David away, saying, “It will cost us our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”)
  37. 1 Chronicles 12:23שָׁא֛וּל · to turn Saul’s
    Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:
  38. 1 Chronicles 12:29 (2×)שָׁא֖וּל · of Saul; שָׁאֽוּל׃ס · of Saul
    From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.
  39. 1 Chronicles 13:3שָׁאֽוּל׃ · of Saul
    Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.”
  40. 1 Chronicles 15:29שָׁא֜וּל · Saul’s
    As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.
  41. 1 Chronicles 26:28וְשָׁא֣וּל · Saul
    Everything that had been dedicated by Samuel the seer, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, along with everything else that was dedicated, was under the care of Shelomith and his brothers.