Bible Name

View in English, Hebrew Name Saul (Shaul, Sha'ul) - שָׁאוּל Gender Time of appearance The Biblical Era Meaning History Saul was the first king of Israel. The Biblical story tells that he found kingship as he was searching for his father's lost mares (she-asses). Citation "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. 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 9, 1-2 Categories

Saul (Shaul, Sha'ul) - שָׁאוּל

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