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Strong's #7586 - שָׁאוּל
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- Saul or Shaul = "desired"
- a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the 1st king of Israel
- an early king of Edom and a successor of Samlah
- a son of Simeon
- a Levite, son of Uzziah
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1397 1st king of Israel, 1 Samuel 9:2,3(twice in verse); 1 Samuel 9:5 (son of Kish, a Benjamite) + 359t. Samuel; 28t. 1Chronicles; Psalm 18:1; Psalm 52:2; Psalm 54:2; Psalm 57:1; Psalm 59:1 (all in titles); ׳גִּבְעַת שׁ Isaiah 10:29 (and 1 Samuel 11:4; 1 Samuel 15:34; 2 Samuel 21:6 see II . גִּבְעָה).
2 a king of Edom Genesis 36:37,38 (P) = 1 Chronicles 1:48,49
3 a son of Simeon Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:13 (all P) = 1 Chronicles 4:24.
4 a Levite 1 Chronicles 6:9.
שָׁאוּל (“asked for,” compare 1 Samuel 8:4, seq.) Saul, [Shaul], pr.n.
(1) of the first Israelite king, of the tribe of Benjamin, 1 Samuel 9:2, seq.
(2) of a king of the Edomites, Genesis 36:37.
(3) of a son of Simeon, 46:10.
(4) 1 Chronicles 6:9. From 3 is patron. שָׁאוּלִי [Shaulites], Numbers 26:13.