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Saul

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Description

Son of Kish; first king of Israel, anointed by Samuel; reigned approximately forty years (cf. Acts 13:21). Tall, courageous, and initially humble; broke down through disobedience at Gilgal and Amalek. Pursued David relentlessly. Killed himself at Mount Gilboa after his sons fell in battle against the Philistines.

Relationships

Parents1
Kish (father of Saul)(father)
Spouses2
Ahinoam (wife of Saul)Rizpah
Children10
Jonathan (son of Saul)(father)Abinadab (son of Saul)(father)Malchi-shua(father)Ish-bosheth(father)Merab(father)Michal(father)Armoni(father)Mephibosheth (son of Rizpah)(father)Armoni son of Saul(father)Mephibosheth son of Rizpah(father)

Family tree

Two generations up and down. Click any other person to recenter the tree on them. Solid lines are parent-of relationships; dashed pink lines are spouses; dashed amber lines are debated/tradition-divergent edges.

Notes

Acts 13:21 gives Saul a forty-year reign; 1 Samuel 13:1 in the MT is textually corrupt and gives no number; the LXX/Josephus give thirty or twenty.