Word Study · Strong's H7586 · Hebrew
שָׁאוּל
Shaul
shaw-ool'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Shâʼûwl
“Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Saul, Shaul.
- 402occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 42inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 402 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 42
- שָׁא֔וּל75
- שָׁא֖וּל55
- שָׁאוּל֙47
- שָׁא֗וּל34
- שָׁא֑וּל29
- שָׁא֜וּל23
- שָׁא֣וּל21
- שָׁא֛וּל21
- שָׁאֽוּל׃15
- לְשָׁא֔וּל8
- וְשָׁא֗וּל5
- שָׁא֥וּל5
and 30 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 14
- Saul341
- and Saul22
- to Saul16
- Shaul5
- [belonged] to Saul4
- [is] Saul3
- and Shaul3
- of Saul2
- [are] Saul1
- [was] Saul1
- and [belonged] to Saul1
- and to Saul1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)351
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)25
- preposition + proper noun (a name)24
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 351
- HC/Npm · 25
- HR/Npm · 24
- HC/R/Npm · 2
All 402, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Samuel298 of 402 · 74%
- 2 Samuel66 of 402 · 16%
- 1 Chronicles32 of 402 · 8%
- Genesis3 of 402 · 1%
- Exodus1 of 402 · 0%
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Genesis3 occurrences
- Genesis 36:37שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.here: Shaul
- Genesis 36:38שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.here: Shaul
- Genesis 46:10וְשָׁא֖וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.here: and Shaul
Numbers1 occurrence
1 Samuel298 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 9:2שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.here: [was] Saul
- 1 Samuel 9:3שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 9:3שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 9:5וְשָׁא֥וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)When they reached the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, “Come, let us go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”here: and Saul
- 1 Samuel 9:7שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)“If we do go,” Saul replied, “what can we give the man? For the bread in our packs is gone, and there is no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 9:8שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 9:10שָׁא֧וּלshaulproper noun (a name)“Good,” said Saul to his servant. “Come, let us go.” So they set out for the city where the man of God was.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 9:15שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Now on the day before Saul’s arrival, the LORD had revealed to Samuel,here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 9:17שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 9:18שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 9:19שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)“I am the seer,” Samuel replied. “Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today. And when I send you off in the morning, I will tell you all that is in your heart.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 9:21שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 9:22שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Samuel took Saul and his servant, brought them into the hall, and seated them in the place of honor among those who were invited—about thirty in all.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 9:24שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul dined with Samuel that day.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 9:24שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul dined with Samuel that day.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 9:25שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 9:26שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)They got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went outside together.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 9:26שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)They got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went outside together.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 9:27שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us, but you stay for a while, and I will reveal to you the word of God.” So the servant went on.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 10:11שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)All those who had formerly known Saul and saw him prophesying with the prophets asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”here: [is] Saul
- 1 Samuel 10:12שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then a man who lived there replied, “And who is their father?” So the saying became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”here: [is] Saul
- 1 Samuel 10:14שָׁא֥וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Now Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” “To look for the donkeys,” Saul replied. “When we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 10:15שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)“Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you?”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 10:16שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 10:21שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 10:26שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 11:4שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 11:5שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Just then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 11:5שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Just then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 11:6שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 11:7שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they turned out as one man.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 11:11שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 11:12שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 11:13שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 11:15שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 11:15שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 13:1שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 13:2שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 13:2שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 13:3וְשָׁאוּל֩veshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”here: and Saul
- 1 Samuel 13:4שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 13:4שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 13:7וְשָׁאוּל֙veshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear.here: and Saul
- 1 Samuel 13:9שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” And he offered up the burnt offering.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 13:10שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 13:11שָׁא֡וּלshaulproper noun (a name)“What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 13:13שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 13:15שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 13:15שָׁאוּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 13:16וְשָׁא֞וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.here: and Saul
- 1 Samuel 13:22שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 13:22לְשָׁא֔וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.here: to Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:1שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:2וְשָׁא֗וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,here: and Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:16לְשָׁא֔וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)Now when Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in Benjamin looked and saw the troops melting away and scattering in every direction,here: of Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:17שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul said to the troops who were with him, “Call the roll and see who has left us.” And when they had called the roll, they saw that Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:18שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God.” (For at that time it was with the Israelites.)here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:19שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)While Saul was talking to the priest, the commotion in the Philistine camp continued to increase. So Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:19שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)While Saul was talking to the priest, the commotion in the Philistine camp continued to increase. So Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:20שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:21שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And the Hebrews who had previously gone up into the surrounding camps of the Philistines now went over to the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:24שָׁא֨וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:33לְשָׁאוּל֙leshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”here: to Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:34שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:35שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first time he had built an altar to the LORD.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:36שָׁא֡וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must consult God here.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:37שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)So Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:38שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Therefore Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the troops, and let us investigate how this sin has occurred today.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:40שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul said to all Israel, “You stand on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will stand on the other side.” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:41שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have You not answered Your servant this day? If the fault is with me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim; but if the fault is with the men of Israel, respond with Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were selected, but the people were cleared of the charge.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:41וְשָׁא֖וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)So Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have You not answered Your servant this day? If the fault is with me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim; but if the fault is with the men of Israel, respond with Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were selected, but the people were cleared of the charge.here: and Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:42שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan.” And Jonathan was selected.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:43שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)“Tell me what you have done,” Saul commanded him. So Jonathan told him, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. And now I must die?”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:44שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And Saul declared, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if you, Jonathan, do not surely die!”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:45שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:46שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul gave up his pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own land.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:47וְשָׁא֛וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.here: and Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:49שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. His two daughters were named Merab (his firstborn) and Michal (his younger daughter).here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:50שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:50שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:51שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:52שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And the war with the Philistines was fierce for all the days of Saul. So whenever he noticed any strong or brave man, Saul would enlist him.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:52שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And the war with the Philistines was fierce for all the days of Saul. So whenever he noticed any strong or brave man, Saul would enlist him.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:1שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:4שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:5שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:6שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:7שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:9שָׁא֨וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:11שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:12שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:12שָׁא֤וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:13שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:13שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:15שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:16שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)“Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:20שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)“But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:24שָׁא֤וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:26שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)“I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:31שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:31שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:34וְשָׁא֛וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.here: and Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:34שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:35שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:35שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:35שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 16:1שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 16:2שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)“How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 16:14שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)After the Spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, a spirit of distress from the LORD began to torment him.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 16:15שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul’s servants said to him, “Surely a spirit of distress from God is tormenting you.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 16:17שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him to me.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 16:19שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 16:20שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and one young goat, and sent them to Saul with his son David.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 16:21שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul admired him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 16:22שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 16:23שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would pick up his harp and play, and Saul would become well, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 16:23לְשָׁאוּל֙leshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)And whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would pick up his harp and play, and Saul would become well, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.here: to Saul
- 1 Samuel 17:2וְשָׁא֤וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.here: and Saul
- 1 Samuel 17:8לְשָׁא֔וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.here: of Saul
- 1 Samuel 17:11שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 17:12שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and well along in years.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 17:13שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 17:14שָׁאֽוּל׃ סshaulproper noun (a name)And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 17:15שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 17:19וְשָׁא֤וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”here: and Saul
- 1 Samuel 17:31שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Now David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who called for him.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 17:32שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 17:33שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 17:34שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 17:37שָׁא֤וּלshaulproper noun (a name)David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 17:38שָׁא֤וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 17:39שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 17:55שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 17:57שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 17:58שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)“Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:1שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:2שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:5שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:5שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:5שָׁאֽוּל׃ פshaulproper noun (a name)So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:6שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:7שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:8לְשָׁא֜וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”here: to Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:9שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:10שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:10שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:11שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:12שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:12שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:13שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:15שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:17שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:17וְשָׁא֣וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)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.”here: and Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:18שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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?”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:19שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:20שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:20לְשָׁא֔וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.here: to Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:21שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)“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.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:21שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)“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.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:22שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.’”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:23שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)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.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:24שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And the servants told Saul what David had said.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:25שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:25וְשָׁא֣וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)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.here: and Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:27שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:28שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:28שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:29שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:29שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 18:30שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:1שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:1שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:2שָׁא֥וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:4שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:6שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:6שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:7שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul to serve him as he had before.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:9שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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,here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:10שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But the spear struck the wall and David eluded him, ran away, and escaped that night.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:10שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But the spear struck the wall and David eluded him, ran away, and escaped that night.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:11שָׁא֨וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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!”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:14שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:15שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)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.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:17שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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!’”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:17שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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!’”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:18שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:19לְשָׁא֖וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)When Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah,here: to Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:20שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)he sent messengers to capture 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.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:20שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)he sent messengers to capture 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.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:21לְשָׁא֗וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)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.here: to Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:21שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 19:24שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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?”here: [is] Saul
- 1 Samuel 20:25שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 20:26שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 20:27שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)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?”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 20:28שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 20:30שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 20:32שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)“Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 20:33שָׁא֧וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him; so Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 21:7שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 21:7לְשָׁאֽוּל׃leshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.here: [belonged] to Saul
- 1 Samuel 21:10שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 21:11שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 22:6שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 22:6וְשָׁאוּל֩veshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.here: and Saul
- 1 Samuel 22:7שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 22:9שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 22:12שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)“Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 22:13שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And Saul asked him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him so that he could rise up against me to lie in wait, as he is doing today.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 22:21שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 22:22לְשָׁא֑וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day, and that he was sure to tell Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your father’s house.here: to Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:7לְשָׁא֔וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”here: to Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:7שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:8שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul summoned all his troops to go to war at Keilah and besiege David and his men.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:9שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:10שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:11שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your servant.” “He will,” said the LORD.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:12שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:13וּלְשָׁא֣וּלuleshaulconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)Then David and his men, about six hundred strong, set out and departed from Keilah, moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he declined to go forth.here: and to Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:14שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:15שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:16שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:17שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:17שָׁא֥וּלshaulproper noun (a name)saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:19שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:21שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)“May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:24שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:25שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:25שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:26שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:26שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:26וְשָׁא֣וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.here: and Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:27שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:28שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 24:1שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 24:2שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 24:3שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 24:4לְשָׁא֖וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up secretly and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.here: [belonged] to Saul
- 1 Samuel 24:5לְשָׁאֽוּל׃ סleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.here: [belonged] to Saul
- 1 Samuel 24:7שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 24:7וְשָׁא֛וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.here: and Saul
- 1 Samuel 24:8שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverencehere: Saul
- 1 Samuel 24:8שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverencehere: Saul
- 1 Samuel 24:9לְשָׁא֔וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?here: to Saul
- 1 Samuel 24:16שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your voice, David my son?” Then Saul wept aloudhere: Saul
- 1 Samuel 24:16שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your voice, David my son?” Then Saul wept aloudhere: Saul
- 1 Samuel 24:16שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your voice, David my son?” Then Saul wept aloudhere: Saul
- 1 Samuel 24:22לְשָׁא֑וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.here: to Saul
- 1 Samuel 24:22שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 25:44וְשָׁא֗וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.here: and Saul
- 1 Samuel 26:1שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 26:2שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 26:3שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 26:3שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 26:4שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)David sent out spies to verify that Saul had arrived.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 26:5שָׁאוּל֒shaulproper noun (a name)Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 26:5שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 26:5וְשָׁאוּל֙veshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.here: and Saul
- 1 Samuel 26:6שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 26:7שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 26:12שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So David took the spear and water jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 26:17שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul recognized David’s voice and asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” “It is my voice, my lord and king,” David said.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 26:21שָׁא֨וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 26:25שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul said to him, “May you be blessed, David my son. You will accomplish great things and will surely prevail.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 26:25וְשָׁא֖וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Saul said to him, “May you be blessed, David my son. You will accomplish great things and will surely prevail.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.here: and Saul
- 1 Samuel 27:1שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 27:1שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 27:4לְשָׁא֔וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.here: to Saul
- 1 Samuel 28:3וְשָׁא֗וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.here: and Saul
- 1 Samuel 28:4שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 28:5שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid and trembled violently.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 28:6שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 28:7שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 28:8שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 28:9שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)But the woman replied, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a trap to get me killed?”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 28:10שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul swore to her by the LORD: “As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 28:12שָׁא֧וּלshaulproper noun (a name)But when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out in a loud voice and said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 28:12שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)But when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out in a loud voice and said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!”here: [are] Saul
- 1 Samuel 28:13שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)“Do not be afraid,” the king replied. “What do you see?” “I see a god coming up out of the earth,” the woman answered.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 28:14שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)“What does he look like?” asked Saul. “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is wearing a robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown in reverence.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 28:15שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 28:15שָׁ֠אוּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 28:20שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 28:21שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 28:25שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)She served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. And that night they got up and left.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 29:3שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then the commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel? He has been with me all these days, even years, and from the day he defected until today I have found no fault in him.”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 29:5שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 31:2שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 31:2שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 31:3שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 31:4שָׁאוּל֩shaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 31:4שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 31:5שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 31:6שָׁא֡וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 31:7שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel 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.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 31:8שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.here: Saul
- 1 Samuel 31:11לְשָׁאֽוּל׃leshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,here: to Saul
- 1 Samuel 31:12שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.here: Saul
2 Samuel66 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 1:1שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 1:2שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 1:4שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)“What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 1:5שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 1:6שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 1:12שָׁא֞וּלshaulproper noun (a name)They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 1:17שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 1:21שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 1:22שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not retreat, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 1:23שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 1:24שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 2:4שָׁאֽוּל׃ סshaulproper noun (a name)Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 2:5שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead to tell them, “The LORD bless you, because you showed this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 2:7שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.”here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 2:8לְשָׁא֑וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,here: [belonged] to Saul
- 2 Samuel 2:8שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 2:10שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 2:12שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 2:15שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So they got up and were counted off—twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 3:1שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 3:1שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 3:6שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had continued to strengthen his position in the house of Saul.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 3:6שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had continued to strengthen his position in the house of Saul.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 3:7וּלְשָׁא֣וּלuleshaulconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)Meanwhile, Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”here: and [belonged] to Saul
- 2 Samuel 3:8שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 3:10שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 3:13שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)“Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 3:14שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 4:1שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 4:2שָׁא֟וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 4:4שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 4:4שָׁא֨וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 4:8שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 4:8מִשָּׁא֖וּלmishaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”here: from Saul
- 2 Samuel 4:10שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 5:2שָׁא֥וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 6:16שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 6:20שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)As soon as David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 6:23שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 7:15שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I moved out of your way.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 9:1שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 9:2שָׁא֥וּלshaulproper noun (a name)And there was a servant of Saul’s family named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” he replied.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 9:3שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of Saul’s family to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 9:6שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 9:7שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)“Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 9:9שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 9:9לְשָׁאוּל֙leshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.here: to Saul
- 2 Samuel 12:7שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 16:5שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 16:8שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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!”here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 19:17שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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 kinghere: Saul
- 2 Samuel 19:24שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 21:1שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)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.”here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 21:2שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)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.)here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 21:4שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 21:6שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 21:7שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 21:7שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 21:8לְשָׁא֔וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)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.here: to Saul
- 2 Samuel 21:8שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 21:11שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)When David was told what Saul’s concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done,here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 21:12שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 21:12שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 21:13שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)So David had the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan brought from there, along with the bones of those who had been hanged.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 21:14שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
- 2 Samuel 22:1שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
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- 1 Chronicles 1:48שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.here: Shaul
- 1 Chronicles 1:49שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.here: Shaul
- 1 Chronicles 4:24שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.here: Shaul
- 1 Chronicles 5:10שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)During the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated at their hands, and they occupied the homes of the Hagrites throughout the region east of Gilead.here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 6:24וְשָׁא֥וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.here: and Shaul
- 1 Chronicles 8:33שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 8:33וְשָׁא֗וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.here: and Saul
- 1 Chronicles 9:39שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 9:39וְשָׁא֗וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.here: and Saul
- 1 Chronicles 10:2שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 10:2שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 10:3שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 10:4שָׁאוּל֩shaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, 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.here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 10:4שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, 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.here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 10:5שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died.here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 10:6שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)So Saul died together with his three sons and all his house.here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 10:7שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 10:8שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 10:11לְשָׁאֽוּל׃leshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,here: to Saul
- 1 Chronicles 10:12שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 10:13שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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,here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 11:2שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.’”here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 12:1שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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;here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 12:2שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 12:19שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.”)here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 12:19שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)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.”)here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 12:23שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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:here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 12:29שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 12:29שָׁאֽוּל׃ סshaulproper noun (a name)From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 13:3שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.”here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 15:29שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)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.here: Saul
- 1 Chronicles 26:28וְשָׁא֣וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)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.here: and Saul