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Saul
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Verses(5+)
- VerseActs 11:25Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
- Verse1 Samuel 10:13And when Saul had finished prophesying, he went up to the high place.
- Verse1 Samuel 15:5Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.
- Verse2 Samuel 1:17Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
- Verse1 Samuel 10:9As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.
People(5+)
- PersonSaulIsrael's first king, head and shoulders above the people; began in humility, ended in rejection — sparing what God devoted, consulting a medium at Endor, and falling on Gilboa.
- PersonStephenOne of the Seven, full of grace and power; his Acts 7 defense retold Israel's story and its resisted prophets; the church's first martyr, whose death Saul of Tarsus approved.
- PersonBarnabasThe Levite from Cyprus whom the apostles nicknamed son of encouragement; he vouched for Saul when nobody in Jerusalem would go near him, fetched him from Tarsus to Antioch, and…
- PersonSamuelAsked of God by Hannah and lent to the LORD at Shiloh; the last judge and first of the prophets after Moses, who anointed both Saul and David and taught that to obey is better…
- PersonJonathanSon of King Saul who climbed a cliff to rout a garrison on the conviction that nothing restrains Jehovah; cut a covenant of steadfast love with David and stood between his…
Places(5)
- PlaceDamascusThe Syrian city Saul was travelling to with letters of arrest when the light stopped him on the road; he entered it blind and left it preaching.
- PlaceNobThe town of the priests near Jerusalem where David ate the showbread — the precedent Jesus cited — and which Saul put to the sword.
- PlaceMount GilboaWhere Saul and his sons fell before the Philistines and the crown passed, at the cost David lamented: "how are the mighty fallen."
- PlaceGibeahSaul's home town and capital in Benjamin — the same Gibeah whose outrage in Judges had nearly erased the tribe.
- PlaceEn-gediThe oasis stronghold by the Dead Sea where David cut Saul's robe in the cave and let the king walk out alive.
Words (Strong's)(5+)
- WordG4569 Σαῦλος · Saûlos (Greek)Saulus (i.e. Shaul), the Jewish name of Paul
- WordG4549 Σαούλ · Saoúl (Greek)Saul (i.e. Shaul), the Jewish name of Paul
- WordH7586 שָׁאוּל · Shâʼûwl (Hebrew)Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
- WordH378 אִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁת · ʼÎysh-Bôsheth (Hebrew)Ish-Bosheth, a son of King Saul
- WordH4324 מִיכָל · Mîykâl (Hebrew)Mikal, Saul's daughter
Themes(2)
- ThemeObedienceObedience enters the story at the very first command. In Eden, the boundary God sets — one tree, one prohibition — is the whole test of the relationship (Gen 2:17), and the…
- ThemeWorshipScripture's worship vocabulary carries two roots held together: *shachah* (to bow down, prostrate) and *abad* (to serve, to labor for). *Shachah* is first rendered "worship" at…
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Authors(3)
- AuthorAnthony the GreatAnthony was born about 251 in Coma, a village in Middle Egypt, to Christian farmers with good land. He spoke Coptic, the Egyptian language, and never learned Greek. He would…
- AuthorKim ClementKim Clement (September 30, 1956 – November 23, 2016) was a South African–American Charismatic prophet, songwriter, musician, and the founder of House of Destiny (church) and…
- AuthorEvagrius PonticusEvagrius was born in 345 at Ibora in Pontus, on the Black Sea coast, the son of a country bishop. Basil of Caesarea ordained him a reader. Gregory of Nazianzus ordained him a…
Apocrypha (study resources)(1)
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G4569Σαῦλος Saûlos — Saulus (i.e. Shaul), the Jewish
name of PaulG4549Σαούλ Saoúl — Saul (i.e. Shaul), the Jewish name of
PaulH7586שָׁאוּל Shâʼûwl — Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two IsraelitesH378אִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁת ʼÎysh-Bôsheth — Ish-Bosheth, a son of King SaulH4324מִיכָל Mîykâl — Mikal, Saul's daughterH4764מֵרָב Mêrâb — Merab, a daughter of Saul