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Saul

265 verses · 11 family members

First mentioned
1 Samuel 9:2
Last mentioned
1 Chronicles 12:2
Appears in
3 books · most in 1 Samuel
Lived
c. 1054 BC – c. 1004 BC
Period
Samuel & King Saul · The Reign of David

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  1. 1 Samuel 23:16

    And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

  2. 1 Samuel 16:1

    And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

  3. 1 Samuel 17:37

    David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.

  4. 1 Samuel 15:11

    It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

  5. 1 Samuel 28:6

    And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

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  1. 1 Samuel 18:13

    Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

  2. 1 Samuel 18:15

    Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.

  3. 1 Samuel 18:17–25

    17And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

    18And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?

    19But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

    20And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

    21And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.

    22And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.

    23And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

    24And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.

    25And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

  4. 1 Samuel 18:27–30

    27Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

    28And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.

    29And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.

    30Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

  5. 1 Samuel 19:1–2

    1And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.

    2But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

  6. 1 Samuel 19:4

    And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:

  7. 1 Samuel 19:6–7

    6And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.

    7And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.

  8. 1 Samuel 19:9–11

    9And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.

    10And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

    11Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.

  9. 1 Samuel 19:14–15

    14And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.

    15And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.