Saul in 2 Samuel

-1. Also called SHAUL -King of Edom GEN 36:37,38; 1CH 1:48,49 -2. King of Israel -A Benjamite, son of Kish 1SA 9:1,2 -Sons of 1CH 8:33 -His personal appearance 1SA 9:2; 10:23 -Made king of Israel 1SA 9; 10; 11:12-15; HOS 13:11 -Lives at Gibeah of Saul 1SA 14:2; 15:34; ISA 10:29 -Defeats the Philistines 1SA 13; 14:46,52 -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; 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; with 2SA 1; 2; 1CH 10 -His death is a judgment on account of his sins 1CH 10:13 -3. Of Tarsus -See PAUL