A Benjamite, son of Kish

• 1Sa 9:1
• 1Sa 9:2

Sons of

• 1Ch 8:33

His personal appearance

• 1Sa 9:2
• 1Sa 10:23

Made king of Israel

• 1Sa 9
• 1Sa 10
• 1Sa 11:12-15
• Ho 13:11

Lives at Gibeah of Saul

• 1Sa 14:2
• 1Sa 15:34
• Isa 10:29

Defeats the Philistines

• 1Sa 13
• 1Sa 14:46
• 1Sa 14:52

Strikes the Amalekites

• 1Sa 15

Is reproved by Samuel for usurping the priestly functions

• 1Sa 13:11-14

Samuel rebukes him for disobedience by not exterminating the Amalekites; the loss of his kingdom is foretold

• 1Sa 15

Dedicates the spoils of war

• 1Sa 15:21-25
• 1Ch 26:28

Sends messengers to Jesse, asking that David be sent to him as a musician and an armor-bearer

• 1Sa 16:17-23

Defeats the Philistines after Goliath is killed by David

• 1Sa 17

His jealousy of David; gives his daughter, Michal, to David to be his wife; becomes David’ s enemy

• 1Sa 18

Tries to kill David; Jonathan intercedes and incurs his father’ s displeasure; David’ s loyalty to Jonathan; Saul’ s temporary remorse; prophesies

• 1Sa 19

Hears Doeg against Ahimelech, and kills the priest and his family. pursues David to wilderness of Ziph; the Ziphites betray David to

• 1Sa 23

Pursues David to En-gedi

• 1Sa 24:1-6

His life spared by David

• 1Sa 24:5-8

Saul’ s contrition for his bad faith

• 1Sa 24:16-22

David is again betrayed to, by the Ziphites; Saul pursues him to the hill of Hachilah; his life spared again by David; his confession, and his blessing upon David

• 1Sa 26

Kills the Gibeonites; crime avenged by the death of seven of his sons

• 2Sa 21:1-9

His kingdom invaded by Philistines; seeks counsel of the witch of En-dor, who foretells his own death

• 1Sa 28:3-25
• 1Sa 29:1

Is defeated, and is killed with some of his sons

• 1Sa 31

Their bodies exposed in Beth-shan; rescued by the people of Jabesh and burned; bones of, buried under a tree at Jabesh

• 1Sa 31
• 2Sa 1
• 2Sa 2
• 1Ch 10

His death is a judgment on account of his sins

• 1Ch 10:13

See PAUL

See PAUL