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Saul
שאול he
First king of the United Kingdom of Israel
Overview
first king of the United Kingdom of IsraelWikidata record description. Read Saul in the Wikipedia reader.
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Offices held 2
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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
- child of (child) Kish Biblical figure, father of Saul
- parent of (child) Abinadab Biblical figure; son of Saul
- parent of (child) Armoni son of Saul and Rizpah
- parent of (father) Ish-bosheth biblical character (Second Book of Samuel)
- parent of (child) Ishvi son of Saul and Ahinoam
- parent of (father) Jonathan heroic figure in 1 Samuel
- parent of (child) Malchishua son of Saul and Ahinoam
- parent of (child) Mephibosheth son of Saul and Rizpah
- parent of (child) Merab elder daughter of Saul
- parent of (father) Michal biblical figure, daughter of Saul
- partner of (spouse) Achinoam human biblical figure (First Book of Samuel)
- partner of (spouse) Rizpah Saul's concubine
In the texts
Works this figure appears in. A work’s date is the source’s, not this figure’s.
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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