Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H7586
שָׁאוּל
Shaulshaw-ool'
Saul
402 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Shâʼûwl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7586is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 42spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7586
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
The King James renders it: Saul, Shaul.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Shaul is rendered "Saul". It stands 402 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- 298 of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 36:37When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.
- The Greek text spells it forty-two different ways.
The first use
When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.
Genesis 36:37שָׁא֖וּל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
298 of the word's 402 uses are in 1 Samuel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Saul346
- and Saul22
- to Saul20
- Shaul5
- and Shaul3
- and to Saul2
- of Saul2
- from Saul1
- of Shaul1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁאַל | shaal | to ask | Uses171 |
| שָׁאַר | shaar | to remain | Uses133 |
| שָׁאַג | shaag | to roar | Uses20 |
| שָׁאַב | shaab | to draw | Uses19 |
| שָׁאוֹן | shaon | roar | Uses18 |
| שָׁאַף | shaaph | to long for | Uses14 |
| שָׁאָה | shaah | to crash | Uses6 |
| שָׁאַן | shaan | to rest | Uses5 |
| שָׁאט | shat | to despise | Uses3 |
| שָׁאָה | shaah | to gaze | Uses1 |
| שָׁאוּלִי | Shauli | Shaulite | Uses1 |
| שָׁאַס | shaas | to spoil | Usesnot recorded |
The words it stands beside
All 402, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
42 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- שָׁא֔וּל75
- שָׁא֖וּל55
- שָׁאוּל֙47
- שָׁא֗וּל34
- שָׁא֑וּל29
- שָׁא֜וּל23
- שָׁא֣וּל21
- שָׁא֛וּל21
- שָׁאֽוּל׃15
- לְשָׁא֔וּל8
- וְשָׁא֗וּל5
- שָׁא֥וּל5
and 30 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)351HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)25HC/Npm
- preposition + proper noun (a name)24HR/Npm
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)2HC/R/Npm
Genesis
three uses
When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaul
When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaul
The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
- וְשָׁא֖וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Shaul
Exodus
one use
The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.
- וְשָׁא֖וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Shaul
Numbers
one use
the Zerahite clan from Zerah, and the Shaulite clan from Shaul.
- לְשָׁא֕וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Shaul
1 Samuel
298 uses
And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- וְשָׁא֥וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
“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?”
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“Good,” said Saul to his servant. “Come, let us go.” So they set out for the city where the man of God was.
- שָׁא֧וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Now on the day before Saul’s arrival, the LORD had revealed to Samuel,
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.”
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“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.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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?”
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
And after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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?”
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Then a man who lived there replied, “And who is their father?” So the saying became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁא֥וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you?”
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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!”
- וְשָׁאוּל֩veshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
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.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- וְשָׁאוּל֙veshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” And he offered up the burnt offering.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“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,
- שָׁא֡וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“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.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁאוּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.
- וְשָׁא֞וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
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.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- לְשָׁא֔וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Saul
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.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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,
- וְשָׁא֗וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
Now when Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in Benjamin looked and saw the troops melting away and scattering in every direction,
- לְשָׁא֔וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Saul
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.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Then Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God.” (For at that time it was with the Israelites.)
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֨וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- לְשָׁאוּל֙leshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Saul
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.
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Then Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first time he had built an altar to the LORD.
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁא֡וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Therefore Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the troops, and let us investigate how this sin has occurred today.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- וְשָׁא֖וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
Then Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan.” And Jonathan was selected.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“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?”
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
And Saul declared, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if you, Jonathan, do not surely die!”
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Then Saul gave up his pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own land.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- וְשָׁא֛וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. His two daughters were named Merab (his firstborn) and Michal (his younger daughter).
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֨וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“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.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֤וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“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.
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֤וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“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.”
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
- וְשָׁא֛וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
- שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“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.’
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
After the Spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, a spirit of distress from the LORD began to torment him.
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Saul’s servants said to him, “Surely a spirit of distress from God is tormenting you.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
And Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him to me.”
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul admired him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.”
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- לְשָׁאוּל֙leshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Saul
Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.
- וְשָׁא֤וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
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.
- לְשָׁא֔וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Saul
On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,
- שָׁאֽוּל׃ סshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”
- וְשָׁא֤וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
Now David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who called for him.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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,
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁא֤וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.
- שָׁא֤וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁאֽוּל׃ פshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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?”
- לְשָׁא֜וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Saul
And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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,
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- וְשָׁא֣וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
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?”
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- לְשָׁא֔וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Saul
“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.”
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.’”
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
And the servants told Saul what David had said.
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- וְשָׁא֣וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
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.
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֥וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul to serve him as he had before.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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,
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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!”
- שָׁא֨וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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!’”
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
When Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah,
- לְשָׁא֖וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Saul
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.
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- לְשָׁא֗וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Saul
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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?”
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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?”
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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?
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him; so Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.
- שָׁא֧וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- לְשָׁאֽוּל׃leshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Saul
That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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’?”
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- וְשָׁאוּל֩veshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
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?
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- לְשָׁא֑וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Saul
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.”
- לְשָׁא֔וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Saul
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Then Saul summoned all his troops to go to war at Keilah and besiege David and his men.
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- וּלְשָׁא֣וּלuleshaulconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and to Saul
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.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֥וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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?
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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,
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- וְשָׁא֣וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- לְשָׁא֖וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Saul
Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.
- לְשָׁאֽוּל׃ סleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Saul
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.
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- וְשָׁא֛וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
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 reverence
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?
- לְשָׁא֔וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Saul
When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your voice, David my son?” Then Saul wept aloud
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.
- לְשָׁא֑וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Saul
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
- וְשָׁא֗וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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,
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
David sent out spies to verify that Saul had arrived.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁאוּל֒shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- וְשָׁאוּל֙veshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
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.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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!”
- שָׁא֨וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- וְשָׁא֖וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
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.”
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
- לְשָׁא֔וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Saul
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.
- וְשָׁא֗וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid and trembled violently.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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?”
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Then Saul swore to her by the LORD: “As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this.”
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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!”
- שָׁא֧וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“Do not be afraid,” the king replied. “What do you see?” “I see a god coming up out of the earth,” the woman answered.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“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.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁ֠אוּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
She served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. And that night they got up and left.
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁאוּל֩shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.
- שָׁא֡וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
- לְשָׁאֽוּל׃leshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Saul
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.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
2 Samuel
sixty-six uses
After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“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.”
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“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.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֞וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁאֽוּל׃ סshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.”
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,
- לְשָׁא֑וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Saul
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
So they got up and were counted off—twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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?”
- וּלְשָׁא֣וּלuleshaulconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and to Saul
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!
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“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.”
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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,
- שָׁא֟וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֨וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- מִשָּׁא֖וּלmishaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Saul
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!
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.’”
- שָׁא֥וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
And Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I moved out of your way.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֥וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.”
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
“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.”
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- לְשָׁאוּל֙leshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Saul
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.
- שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
along with a thousand men of Benjamin, as well as Ziba the steward of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan before the king
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
The Gibeonites said to him, “We need no silver or gold from Saul or his house, nor should you put to death anyone in Israel for us.” “Whatever you ask, I will do for you,” he replied.
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
- לְשָׁא֔וּלleshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Saul
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
When David was told what Saul’s concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done,
- שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
So David had the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan brought from there, along with the bones of those who had been hanged.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
- שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
1 Chronicles
thirty-two uses
When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaul
When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaul
The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
- שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Shaul
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.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
- וְשָׁא֥וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Shaul
Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- וְשָׁא֗וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- וְשָׁא֗וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.
- שָׁא֔וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁאוּל֩shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died.
- שָׁא֑וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
So Saul died together with his three sons and all his house.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
- שָׁאוּל֙shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,
- לְשָׁאֽוּל׃leshaulpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Saul
all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
- שָׁא֗וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in battle;
- שָׁא֣וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Some from Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (They did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers consulted and sent David away, saying, “It will cost us our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”)
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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:
- שָׁא֛וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
- שָׁאֽוּל׃ סshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.”
- שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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.
- שָׁא֜וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
Everything that had been dedicated by Samuel the seer, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, along with everything else that was dedicated, was under the care of Shelomith and his brothers.
- וְשָׁא֣וּלveshaulconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Saul
Isaiah
one use
They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.
- שָׁא֖וּלshaulproper noun (a name)tagged: Saul
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How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
