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Saul (son of Kish)

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Named at 1 Samuel 9:1–2 as the son of Kish, a man of Benjamin: “He had a son whose name was Saul, an impressive young man; and there was not among the children of Israel a more handsome person than he. From his shoulders and upward he was taller than any of the people.” 10:1 says, “Then Samuel took the vial of oil and poured it on his head, then kissed him and said, ‘Hasn’t the LORD anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?’” At 10:20–21 Samuel brings all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin is chosen; he brings the tribe of Benjamin near by their families, and the family of the Matrites is chosen; then Saul the son of Kish is chosen. 1 Samuel 11:4–11 says Saul came following the oxen out of the field, and when he heard the words of the men of Jabesh, God’s Spirit came mightily on him; he cut a yoke of oxen in pieces and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel, counted in Bezek the people who came out, and put them in three companies against the Ammonites; at 11:15 all the people make Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; at 13:1 WEB reads “Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years,” where the Korean Revised Version reads 사울이 왕이 될 때에 사십세라 그가 이스라엘을 다스린지 이년에; and at 13:8–14 Saul offers the burnt offering at Gilgal, and Samuel says to him, “But now your kingdom will not continue.” 1 Samuel 14:24–45 says that Saul adjured the people, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food until it is evening, and I am avenged of my enemies,” and that when Jonathan was selected and told him that he had tasted a little honey with the end of the rod, Saul said, “God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan,” but the people rescued Jonathan, so he didn’t die; 14:35, that Saul built an altar to the LORD, the first altar that he built to the LORD; 14:47–48, that when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel he fought against all his enemies on every side, and did valiantly and struck the Amalekites; 15:7–9, that Saul struck the Amalekites and took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, but Saul and the people spared Agag and the best; and at 15:26 Samuel says to Saul, “I will not return with you; for you have rejected the LORD’s word, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.” 1 Samuel 16:14 says that the LORD’s Spirit departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him; at 16:19–23 Saul sends messengers to Jesse, and says, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep,” and when the spirit from God is on Saul, David takes the harp and plays with his hand, so that Saul is refreshed and is well; at 17:11 Saul and all Israel hear the words of the Philistine and are dismayed and greatly afraid; and at 17:37–38 Saul says to David, “Go! The LORD will be with you,” and dresses David with his clothing. 1 Samuel 18:6–9 says that when the women sang, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands,” Saul was very angry and watched David from that day and forward; at 18:10–11 and 19:9–10 Saul throws the spear and seeks to pin David to the wall, and David escapes; at 18:17–27 Saul says he will give David his elder daughter Merab as wife, but she is given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife, and Saul has David told, “The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies,” and then gives David Michal his daughter as wife; at 18:29 Saul is even more afraid of David, and is David’s enemy continually; at 19:11 Saul sends messengers to David’s house to watch him and to kill him in the morning; at 19:23–24 Saul goes there to Naioth in Ramah, and God’s Spirit comes on him also, and he goes on, and prophesies, until he comes to Naioth in Ramah, and he also strips off his clothes, prophesies before Samuel and lies down naked all that day and all that night; and at 20:30–33 Saul’s anger burns against Jonathan, and Saul casts his spear at him to strike him. 1 Samuel 22:6–19 says that Doeg the Edomite answered Saul, who was sitting in Gibeah, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub”, and that the king sent to call Ahimelech and the priests who were in Nob and said to Doeg, “Turn and attack the priests!”, and Doeg killed eighty-five people who wore a linen ephod; 24:1–22 says that when Saul went to seek David and went into a cave to relieve himself, David cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe secretly, and Saul said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.” 1 Samuel 25:44 says that Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim; 26:1–25, that after the Ziphites came to him to Gibeah, Saul went down to the wilderness of Ziph with three thousand chosen men of Israel and encamped in the hill of Hachilah, that David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head while Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, and that Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David”, and returned to his place; and 27:4, that Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped looking for him. 1 Samuel 28:4–6 says that when the Philistines encamped in Shunem, Saul gathered all Israel together and they encamped in Gilboa, and that when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD didn’t answer him by dreams, by Urim, or by prophets; at 28:7–25 Saul disguises himself and goes to a woman who has a familiar spirit at Endor, says, “Bring Samuel up for me,” and is terrified because of Samuel’s words; at 31:1–6 the battle goes hard against Saul, he is greatly distressed by reason of the archers, and he takes his sword and falls on it, and dies with his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men that same day together; and at 31:8–13 the Philistines cut off his head and fasten his body to the wall of Beth Shan, and when the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead hear of it, all the valiant men take the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, burn them at Jabesh, and bury their bones under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh. 2 Samuel 1:2–10 has the man who came out of the camp from Saul tell David, “Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also”, and the young man who told David say that on Mount Gilboa Saul was leaning on his spear and called to the young man, saying, “Please stand beside me, and kill me”, and that the young man stood beside him and killed him and took the crown that was on Saul’s head and the bracelet that was on his arm; and at 1:17–27 David laments with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son, saying, “You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you delicately in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.” 2 Samuel 21:1–2 says that there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year, and that when David sought the face of the LORD, the LORD said, “It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death”; and that Saul sought to kill the Gibeonites in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah; at 21:8–9 the king takes the two sons of Rizpah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and delivers them into the hands of the Gibeonites, who hang them on the mountain before the LORD; and at 21:12–14 David takes the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh Gilead, and the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son are buried in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father. 1 Chronicles 10:13–14 says, “So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the LORD, because of the LORD’s word, which he didn’t keep, and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire, and didn’t inquire of the LORD. Therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.” The Korean Revised Version names the LORD at 10:14 (여호와께서 저를 죽이시고), where WEB has “he”. Named at Acts 13:21–22, in Paul’s words in the synagogue at Antioch of Pisidia: “Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king.” He is not the same person as Paul, who speaks these words.

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Direct relationships 85

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With this many connections the picture draws 60: the people and places, and the events with the most relationships. The other 25 are in the list below and in the full graph.

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With 131 passages the text is not repeated here: each link opens its passage in the WEB text.

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Unresolved interpretation: Saul’s age and years at 1 Samuel 13:1, and the forty years of Acts 13:21
  • At 1 Samuel 13:1 the Korean Revised Version reads 사울이 왕이 될 때에 사십세라 그가 이스라엘을 다스린지 이년에, which gives his age when he became king as forty (사십세) and ends with 다스린지 이년에 (when he had reigned over Israel two years), a clause that runs on into 13:2 and gives no other number of years.
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  • WEB reads at 1 Samuel 13:1, “Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.”
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  • Acts 13:21 says, in Paul’s words in the synagogue at Antioch of Pisidia, “Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.”
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    • ACT 13:14–41, engwebp

      14But they, passing on from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia. They went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down.

      15After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak.”

      16Paul stood up, and gesturing with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.

      17The God of this people chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm, he led them out of it.

      18For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.

      19When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance for about four hundred fifty years.

      20After these things, he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

      21Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

      22When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’

      23From this man’s offspring, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise,

      24before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel.

      25As John was fulfilling his course, he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, one comes after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’

      26“Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.

      27For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn’t know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

      28Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.

      29When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.

      30But God raised him from the dead,

      31and he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.

      32We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,

      33that God has fulfilled this to us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your father.’

      34“Concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’

      35Therefore he says also in another psalm, ‘You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.’

      36For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.

      37But he whom God raised up saw no decay.

      38Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins;

      39and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

      40Beware therefore, lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets:

      41‘Behold, you scoffers! Wonder and perish, for I work a work in your days, a work which you will in no way believe, if one declares it to you.’”

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At 1 Samuel 13:1 the Korean Revised Version says Saul was forty years old when he became king and runs on into 13:2 with 그가 이스라엘을 다스린지 이년에, while WEB says he was thirty years old when he became king and reigned over Israel forty-two years. Acts 13:21 says God gave them Saul the son of Kish for forty years. This collection records what each edition and each book says and does not decide Saul’s age when he became king or the years of his reign.

Unresolved interpretation: David, for whom Saul sent messengers to Jesse (1 Samuel 16:18–23), and Saul’s question, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” (17:55–58)
  • 1 Samuel 16:18 has one of the young men answer, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and the LORD is with him.” At 16:19–22 Saul sends messengers to Jesse, and says, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep”; David comes to Saul and stands before him, and the text says, “He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer”; and Saul sends to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.” At 16:23, when the spirit from God is on Saul, David takes the harp and plays with his hand. The Korean Revised Version says at 16:21 that Saul loved David greatly and made him his armor bearer.
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    • 1SA 16:14–18, engwebp

      14Now the LORD’s Spirit departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.

      15Saul’s servants said to him, “See now, an evil spirit from God troubles you.

      16Let our lord now command your servants who are in front of you to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp. Then when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will play with his hand, and you will be well.”

      17Saul said to his servants, “Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.”

      18Then one of the young men answered and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and the LORD is with him.”

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    • 1SA 16:19–23, engwebp

      19Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”

      20Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a container of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul.

      21David came to Saul and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.

      22Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.”

      23When the spirit from God was on Saul, David took the harp and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

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  • 1 Samuel 17:55 says that when Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” and Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I can’t tell.” At 17:56 the king says, “Inquire whose son the young man is!” At 17:57–58 Abner brings David before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand, Saul says to him, “Whose son are you, you young man?” and David answers, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”
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    • 1SA 17:55–58, engwebp

      55When Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I can’t tell.”

      56The king said, “Inquire whose son the young man is!”

      57As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

      58Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, you young man?” David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”

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1 Samuel 16:18–23 says that when one of the young men spoke of a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep”; that when David came to Saul and stood before him, “He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer”; that Saul sent to Jesse, asking that David stand before him; and that when the spirit from God was on Saul, David took the harp and played with his hand. The Korean Revised Version says at 16:21 that Saul loved David greatly and made him his armor bearer. 17:55–58 says that when David went out against the Philistine, Saul asked Abner whose son the youth was, and Abner said he could not tell; and that when Saul asked David, David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.” The text does not say how the two passages go together. This collection records each passage as its verses read, and neither reconciles them nor decides between them.

Unresolved interpretation: The proverb “Is Saul also among the prophets?” in 1 Samuel 10:9–13 and 19:18–24
  • 1 Samuel 10:10 says, “When they came there to the hill, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on him, and he prophesied among them.” At 10:11–12, when all who knew him before saw that he prophesied with the prophets, the people said to one another, “What is this that has come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?” One from the same place answered, “Who is their father?” The text then says, “Therefore it became a proverb, ‘Is Saul also among the prophets?’”
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    • 1SA 10:9–13, engwebp

      9It was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all those signs happened that day.

      10When they came there to the hill, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on him, and he prophesied among them.

      11When all who knew him before saw that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said to one another, “What is this that has come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

      12One from the same place answered, “Who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

      13When he had finished prophesying, he came to the high place.

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  • 1 Samuel 19:19–21 says that Saul was told, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah,” and sent messengers to seize David; God’s Spirit came on Saul’s messengers, and they also prophesied, and so did the other messengers and those he sent the third time. At 19:23–24 he went there to Naioth in Ramah; God’s Spirit came on him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah; he also stripped off his clothes, prophesied before Samuel and lay down naked all that day and all that night. The text then says, “Therefore they say, ‘Is Saul also among the prophets?’”
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    • 1SA 19:18–24, engwebp

      18Now David fled and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.

      19Saul was told, saying, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.”

      20Saul sent messengers to seize David; and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, God’s Spirit came on Saul’s messengers, and they also prophesied.

      21When Saul was told, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied.

      22Then he also went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” One said, “Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.”

      23He went there to Naioth in Ramah. Then God’s Spirit came on him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

      24He also stripped off his clothes. He also prophesied before Samuel and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

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1 Samuel 10:10–12 says that when Saul prophesied among a band of prophets, all who knew him before saw it and the people said to one another, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”, and goes on, “Therefore it became a proverb”; 19:19–24 tells how God’s Spirit came on the messengers Saul sent to Naioth in Ramah and then on Saul, who went there, and they prophesied, and says, “Therefore they say, ‘Is Saul also among the prophets?’” Both passages put a “therefore” before the saying; the Korean Revised Version writes 선지자들 (the prophets) at 10:11–12 and 선지자 at 19:24, and the WEB writes “Is Saul also among the prophets?” in both. The text does not say how the two passages relate. This collection records each passage as it reads, and does not decide from which event the saying came.

Unresolved interpretation: Saul’s death as 1 Samuel 31 and 2 Samuel 1 tell it
  • 1 Samuel 31:3–6 says, “The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers. Then Saul said to his armor bearer, ‘Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through and abuse me!’ But his armor bearer would not, for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword and fell on it. When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died with him. So Saul died with his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men that same day together.”
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    • 1SA 31:1–6, engwebp

      1Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.

      2The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.

      3The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.

      4Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through and abuse me!” But his armor bearer would not, for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword and fell on it.

      5When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died with him.

      6So Saul died with his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men that same day together.

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  • 2 Samuel 1:5–10 has David say to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”, and the young man who told him say, “As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed close behind him. When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. I answered, ‘Here I am.’ He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’ He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me, for anguish has taken hold of me because my life lingers in me.’ So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.” At 1:16 David says to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain the LORD’s anointed.’” The Korean Revised Version names Saul at 1:7, where WEB has “he”.
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    • 2SA 1:5–10, engwebp

      5David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”

      6The young man who told him said, “As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed close behind him.

      7When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. I answered, ‘Here I am.’

      8He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’

      9He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me, for anguish has taken hold of me because my life lingers in me.’

      10So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.”

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    • 2SA 1:13–16, engwebp

      13David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”

      14David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

      15David called one of the young men and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died.

      16David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain the LORD’s anointed.’”

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  • 1 Chronicles 10:2–6 says, “The Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers. Then Saul said to his armor bearer, ‘Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.’ But his armor bearer would not, for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword and fell on it. When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword and died. So Saul died with his three sons; and all his house died together.” 10:13–14 says, “So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the LORD, because of the LORD’s word, which he didn’t keep, and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire, and didn’t inquire of the LORD. Therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.” The Korean Revised Version reads 사울을 맹렬히 치며 (struck Saul fiercely) at 10:3, where WEB reads “The battle went hard against Saul”, and names the LORD at 10:14 (여호와께서 저를 죽이시고), where WEB has “he”.
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    • 1CH 10:1–6, engwebp

      1Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.

      2The Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.

      3The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers.

      4Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.” But his armor bearer would not, for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword and fell on it.

      5When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword and died.

      6So Saul died with his three sons; and all his house died together.

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    • 1CH 10:13–14, engwebp

      13So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the LORD, because of the LORD’s word, which he didn’t keep, and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire,

      14and didn’t inquire of the LORD. Therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.

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1 Samuel 31:3–6 says that Saul took his sword and fell on it, and that his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead and likewise fell on his sword and died with him. 2 Samuel 1:6–10 has the young man who told David say that on Mount Gilboa Saul was leaning on his spear and called to the young man, saying, “Please stand beside me, and kill me”, and that the young man stood beside him and killed him, and took the crown and the bracelet and brought them to David. At 1:16 David says to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain the LORD’s anointed.’” 1 Chronicles 10:4–5 says that Saul took his sword and fell on it, and that his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead and likewise fell on his sword and died; 10:6 says, “So Saul died with his three sons; and all his house died together”; and 10:13–14 says that Saul died for his trespass against the LORD, and that the LORD killed him and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse (WEB: “Therefore he killed him”). The text does not say whether the young man spoke truly. This collection records the three accounts each as its passages give it, and does not decide how Saul died.

Unresolved interpretation: Whether Saul inquired of the LORD: 1 Samuel 28:6 and 1 Chronicles 10:14
  • 1 Samuel 28:6 says, “When Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD didn’t answer him by dreams, by Urim, or by prophets.”
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    • 1SA 28:3–6, engwebp

      3Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had sent away those who had familiar spirits and the wizards out of the land.

      4The Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.

      5When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.

      6When Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD didn’t answer him by dreams, by Urim, or by prophets.

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  • 1 Chronicles 10:13–14 says, “So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the LORD, because of the LORD’s word, which he didn’t keep, and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire, and didn’t inquire of the LORD. Therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.”
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    • 1CH 10:13–14, engwebp

      13So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the LORD, because of the LORD’s word, which he didn’t keep, and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire,

      14and didn’t inquire of the LORD. Therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.

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1 Samuel 28:6 says that Saul inquired of the LORD and the LORD did not answer him by dreams, by Urim, or by prophets; 1 Chronicles 10:13–14 says that Saul asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire, and did not inquire of the LORD. The text does not say how the two passages stand together. This collection records each passage as it is written, and does not decide whether Saul inquired of the LORD.

Unresolved interpretation: Ner and Kish of 1 Chronicles 8:33 and 9:39
  • 1 Chronicles 8:33 says, “Ner became the father of Kish. Kish became the father of Saul.” 9:35–36 says, “Jeiel the father of Gibeon, whose wife’s name was Maacah, lived in Gibeon. His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,”; and 9:39, “Ner became the father of Kish. Kish became the father of Saul.”
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    • 1CH 8:33–40, engwebp

      33Ner became the father of Kish. Kish became the father of Saul. Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

      34The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal. Merib-baal became the father of Micah.

      35The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.

      36Ahaz became the father of Jehoaddah. Jehoaddah became the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri became the father of Moza.

      37Moza became the father of Binea. Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.

      38Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

      39The sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

      40The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and grandsons, one hundred fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.

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    • 1CH 9:35–38, engwebp

      35Jeiel the father of Gibeon, whose wife’s name was Maacah, lived in Gibeon.

      36His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

      37Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.

      38Mikloth became the father of Shimeam. They also lived with their relatives in Jerusalem, near their relatives.

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    • 1CH 9:39–44, engwebp

      39Ner became the father of Kish. Kish became the father of Saul. Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

      40The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal. Merib-baal became the father of Micah.

      41The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.

      42Ahaz became the father of Jarah. Jarah became the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri became the father of Moza.

      43Moza became the father of Binea, Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.

      44Azel had six sons, whose names are Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.

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  • 1 Samuel 9:1 says, “Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish the son of Abiel”, and 14:51, “Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.”
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    • 1SA 9:1–2, engwebp

      1Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.

      2He had a son whose name was Saul, an impressive young man; and there was not among the children of Israel a more handsome person than he. From his shoulders and upward he was taller than any of the people.

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    • 1SA 14:49–51, engwebp

      49Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal.

      50The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the captain of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.

      51Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.

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1 Chronicles 8:33 and 9:39 say that Ner became the father of Kish and Kish the father of Saul, and 9:35–36 name Kish and Ner among the sons of Jeiel the father of Gibeon. 1 Samuel 9:1 names Kish the son of Abiel, and 14:51 says, “Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.” The text does not say whether the Ner of 1 Chronicles is Ner the father of Abner, whether the Kish and Ner of 9:36 are the Ner and Kish of 9:39, or how the fathers it gives Kish stand together. This collection holds the Kish who became the father of Saul as one entry (9:39), holds Abiel as the father of Kish and of Ner by 1 Samuel 9:1 and 14:51, and records the Ner of 1 Chronicles as a name of its lists, linked to no entry, with no relation written between Ner and Kish. It decides nothing.

Unresolved interpretation: Eshbaal and Merib-baal of 1 Chronicles 8 and 9
  • 2 Samuel 2:8 says, “Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.” 4:4 says that Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet, and ends, “His name was Mephibosheth.” 9:12 says, “Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica.”
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    • 2SA 2:8–11, engwebp

      8Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.

      9He made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

      10Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.

      11The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

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    • 2SA 4:4, engwebp

      4Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news came about Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse picked him up and fled. As she hurried to flee, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

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    • 2SA 9:9–13, engwebp

      9Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, “All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master’s son.

      10Till the land for him—you, your sons, and your servants. Bring in the harvest, that your master’s son may have bread to eat; but Mephibosheth your master’s son will always eat bread at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

      11Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so your servant will do.” So Mephibosheth ate at the king’s table like one of the king’s sons.

      12Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. All who lived in Ziba’s house were servants to Mephibosheth.

      13So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate continually at the king’s table. He was lame in both his feet.

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  • 1 Chronicles 8:33–34 and 9:39–40 both say, “Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal. The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal. Merib-baal became the father of Micah.”
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    • 1CH 8:33–40, engwebp

      33Ner became the father of Kish. Kish became the father of Saul. Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

      34The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal. Merib-baal became the father of Micah.

      35The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.

      36Ahaz became the father of Jehoaddah. Jehoaddah became the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri became the father of Moza.

      37Moza became the father of Binea. Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.

      38Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

      39The sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

      40The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and grandsons, one hundred fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.

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    • 1CH 9:39–44, engwebp

      39Ner became the father of Kish. Kish became the father of Saul. Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

      40The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal. Merib-baal became the father of Micah.

      41The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.

      42Ahaz became the father of Jarah. Jarah became the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri became the father of Moza.

      43Moza became the father of Binea, Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.

      44Azel had six sons, whose names are Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.

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2 Samuel 2:8 names Ishbosheth the son of Saul, 4:4 Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, and 9:12 Mica the son of Mephibosheth. 1 Chronicles 8:33–34 and 9:39–40 name Eshbaal among the sons of Saul, Merib-baal the son of Jonathan, and Micah, whom Merib-baal fathered. Both editions write the first two names otherwise: the Korean Revised Version reads 이스보셋 and 에스바알, 므비보셋 and 므립바알, and WEB Ishbosheth and Eshbaal, Mephibosheth and Merib-baal. The Korean Revised Version writes 미가 in both books, and WEB Mica in 2 Samuel 9:12 and Micah in 1 Chronicles. The text does not say whether they are the same men. This collection records the Eshbaal, Merib-baal and Micah of 1 Chronicles as names of its lists, linked to no entry of 2 Samuel, and does not decide whether they are the same men.

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Entry: Saul (son of Kish) (person-saul-kish)
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Current wording: Named at 1 Samuel 9:1–2 as the son of Kish, a man of Benjamin: “He had a son whose name was Saul, an impressive young man; and there was not among the children of Israel a more handsome person than he. From his shoulders and upward he was taller than any of the people.” 10:1 says, “Then Samuel took the vial of oil and poured it on his head, then kissed him and said, ‘Hasn’t the LORD anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?’” At 10:20–21 Samuel brings all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin is chosen; he brings the tribe of Benjamin near by their families, and the family of the Matrites is chosen; then Saul the son of Kish is chosen. 1 Samuel 11:4–11 says Saul came following the oxen out of the field, and when he heard the words of the men of Jabesh, God’s Spirit came mightily on him; he cut a yoke of oxen in pieces and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel, counted in Bezek the people who came out, and put them in three companies against the Ammonites; at 11:15 all the people make Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; at 13:1 WEB reads “Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years,” where the Korean Revised Version reads 사울이 왕이 될 때에 사십세라 그가 이스라엘을 다스린지 이년에; and at 13:8–14 Saul offers the burnt offering at Gilgal, and Samuel says to him, “But now your kingdom will not continue.” 1 Samuel 14:24–45 says that Saul adjured the people, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food until it is evening, and I am avenged of my enemies,” and that when Jonathan was selected and told him that he had tasted a little honey with the end of the rod, Saul said, “God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan,” but the people rescued Jonathan, so he didn’t die; 14:35, that Saul built an altar to the LORD, the first altar that he built to the LORD; 14:47–48, that when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel he fought against all his enemies on every side, and did valiantly and struck the Amalekites; 15:7–9, that Saul struck the Amalekites and took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, but Saul and the people spared Agag and the best; and at 15:26 Samuel says to Saul, “I will not return with you; for you have rejected the LORD’s word, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.” 1 Samuel 16:14 says that the LORD’s Spirit departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him; at 16:19–23 Saul sends messengers to Jesse, and says, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep,” and when the spirit from God is on Saul, David takes the harp and plays with his hand, so that Saul is refreshed and is well; at 17:11 Saul and all Israel hear the words of the Philistine and are dismayed and greatly afraid; and at 17:37–38 Saul says to David, “Go! The LORD will be with you,” and dresses David with his clothing. 1 Samuel 18:6–9 says that when the women sang, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands,” Saul was very angry and watched David from that day and forward; at 18:10–11 and 19:9–10 Saul throws the spear and seeks to pin David to the wall, and David escapes; at 18:17–27 Saul says he will give David his elder daughter Merab as wife, but she is given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife, and Saul has David told, “The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies,” and then gives David Michal his daughter as wife; at 18:29 Saul is even more afraid of David, and is David’s enemy continually; at 19:11 Saul sends messengers to David’s house to watch him and to kill him in the morning; at 19:23–24 Saul goes there to Naioth in Ramah, and God’s Spirit comes on him also, and he goes on, and prophesies, until he comes to Naioth in Ramah, and he also strips off his clothes, prophesies before Samuel and lies down naked all that day and all that night; and at 20:30–33 Saul’s anger burns against Jonathan, and Saul casts his spear at him to strike him. 1 Samuel 22:6–19 says that Doeg the Edomite answered Saul, who was sitting in Gibeah, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub”, and that the king sent to call Ahimelech and the priests who were in Nob and said to Doeg, “Turn and attack the priests!”, and Doeg killed eighty-five people who wore a linen ephod; 24:1–22 says that when Saul went to seek David and went into a cave to relieve himself, David cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe secretly, and Saul said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.” 1 Samuel 25:44 says that Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim; 26:1–25, that after the Ziphites came to him to Gibeah, Saul went down to the wilderness of Ziph with three thousand chosen men of Israel and encamped in the hill of Hachilah, that David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head while Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, and that Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David”, and returned to his place; and 27:4, that Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped looking for him. 1 Samuel 28:4–6 says that when the Philistines encamped in Shunem, Saul gathered all Israel together and they encamped in Gilboa, and that when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD didn’t answer him by dreams, by Urim, or by prophets; at 28:7–25 Saul disguises himself and goes to a woman who has a familiar spirit at Endor, says, “Bring Samuel up for me,” and is terrified because of Samuel’s words; at 31:1–6 the battle goes hard against Saul, he is greatly distressed by reason of the archers, and he takes his sword and falls on it, and dies with his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men that same day together; and at 31:8–13 the Philistines cut off his head and fasten his body to the wall of Beth Shan, and when the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead hear of it, all the valiant men take the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, burn them at Jabesh, and bury their bones under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh. 2 Samuel 1:2–10 has the man who came out of the camp from Saul tell David, “Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also”, and the young man who told David say that on Mount Gilboa Saul was leaning on his spear and called to the young man, saying, “Please stand beside me, and kill me”, and that the young man stood beside him and killed him and took the crown that was on Saul’s head and the bracelet that was on his arm; and at 1:17–27 David laments with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son, saying, “You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you delicately in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.” 2 Samuel 21:1–2 says that there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year, and that when David sought the face of the LORD, the LORD said, “It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death”; and that Saul sought to kill the Gibeonites in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah; at 21:8–9 the king takes the two sons of Rizpah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and delivers them into the hands of the Gibeonites, who hang them on the mountain before the LORD; and at 21:12–14 David takes the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh Gilead, and the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son are buried in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father. 1 Chronicles 10:13–14 says, “So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the LORD, because of the LORD’s word, which he didn’t keep, and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire, and didn’t inquire of the LORD. Therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.” The Korean Revised Version names the LORD at 10:14 (여호와께서 저를 죽이시고), where WEB has “he”. Named at Acts 13:21–22, in Paul’s words in the synagogue at Antioch of Pisidia: “Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king.” He is not the same person as Paul, who speaks these words.
Cited evidence: 1CH 5:7–10, engwebp / 1CH 8:33–40, engwebp / 1CH 9:39–44, engwebp / 1CH 10:1–6, engwebp / 1CH 10:7, engwebp / 1CH 10:8–10, engwebp / 1CH 10:11–12, engwebp / 1CH 10:13–14, engwebp (and 123 more of 131)
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