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Saul

שאול he

First king of the United Kingdom of Israel

  • Child of Kish
  • Consort of Achinoam, Rizpah
  • Traditionally 1080 BCE – 1010 BCE

Overview

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Roles and affiliation

Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.

Offices held 2

  1. 1050 BCE – 1010 BCE King of Israel Succeeded by Ish-bosheth Hedged in the source
  2. Dates unrecorded prophet

Family tree

As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.

The family as a list · 12

Kinship in an account 12

In the texts

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Later works that name Saul

Written in 1500 CE or later, and not religious texts: works that retell or borrow the figure, not sources for the life.

Connections

Identification 1

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