Saul

King of Edom

• Genesis 36:37

  And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

• Genesis 36:38

  And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

• 1 Chronicles 1:48

  And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

• 1 Chronicles 1:49

  And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

A Benjamite, son of Kish

• 1 Samuel 9:1

  Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.

• 1 Samuel 9:2

  And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

Sons of

• 1 Chronicles 8:33

  And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

His personal appearance

• 1 Samuel 9:2

  And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

• 1 Samuel 10:23

  And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

Made king of Israel

• 1 Samuel 11:12–15

  And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel. Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. …

• Hosea 13:11

  I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.

1 Samuel 9, 1 Samuel 10

Lives at Gibeah of Saul

• 1 Samuel 14:2

  And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;

• 1 Samuel 15:34

  Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

• Isaiah 10:29

  They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

Defeats the Philistines

• 1 Samuel 14:46

  Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.

• 1 Samuel 14:52

  And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.

1 Samuel 13

Strikes the Amalekites

1 Samuel 15

Is reproved by Samuel for usurping the priestly functions

• 1 Samuel 13:11–14

  And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash; Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering. And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. …

Samuel rebukes him for disobedience by not exterminating the Amalekites; the loss of his kingdom is foretold

1 Samuel 15

Dedicates the spoils of war

• 1 Samuel 15:21–25

  But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal. And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. …

• 1 Chronicles 26:28

  And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.

Sends messengers to Jesse, asking that David be sent to him as a musician and an armor-bearer

• 1 Samuel 16:17–23

  And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him. Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. …

Defeats the Philistines after Goliath is killed by David

1 Samuel 17

His jealousy of David; gives his daughter, Michal, to David to be his wife; becomes David' s enemy

1 Samuel 18

Tries to kill David; Jonathan intercedes and incurs his father' s displeasure; David' s loyalty to Jonathan; Saul' s temporary remorse; prophesies

1 Samuel 19

Hears Doeg against Ahimelech, and kills the priest and his family. pursues David to wilderness of Ziph; the Ziphites betray David to

1 Samuel 23

Pursues David to En-gedi

• 1 Samuel 24:1–6

  And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi. Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave. …

His life spared by David

• 1 Samuel 24:5–8

  And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD. So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. …

Saul' s contrition for his bad faith

• 1 Samuel 24:16–22

  And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not. …

David is again betrayed to, by the Ziphites; Saul pursues him to the hill of Hachilah; his life spared again by David; his confession, and his blessing upon David

1 Samuel 26

Kills the Gibeonites; crime avenged by the death of seven of his sons

• 2 Samuel 21:1–9

  Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.) Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD? …

His kingdom invaded by Philistines; seeks counsel of the witch of En-dor, who foretells his own death

• 1 Samuel 28:3–25

  Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa. And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled. …

• 1 Samuel 29:1

  Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.

Is defeated, and is killed with some of his sons

1 Samuel 31

Their bodies exposed in Beth-shan; rescued by the people of Jabesh and burned; bones of, buried under a tree at Jabesh

1 Samuel 31, 2 Samuel 1, 2 Samuel 2, 1 Chronicles 10

His death is a judgment on account of his sins

• 1 Chronicles 10:13

  So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;