Samuel

male
Jewish, Saul the King, land of Israel, Ancient Israel, books of Samuel, KingSaul…king david
Samuel or Shmu'el is an important leader of ancient Israel in the Book(s) of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. His status, as viewed by rabbinical...

Ish-Bosheth

male
hebrew bible, Ashba'al, Battle of Mount Gilboa, KingSaul, Ishbaal, Kingdom of Israel…King of ancient Israel, king
Ish-bosheth (also called Eshba'al or Ashba'al or Ishbaal), appears in the Hebrew Bible. He was one of the four sons of King Saul, and was chosen as...

Agag

male
samuel, ancient West Semitic, West Semitic languages, YHWH, Tanakh monarch, Israelites…KingSaul
Agag was the king of the Amalekites, mentioned by Balaam in Numbers xxiv.7 in a way that gives probability to the conjecture that the name was a...
King Saul

KingSaul

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KingSaul

principal tribes
Saul was well suited to the office in various respects. First, he belonged to the small tribe of Benjamin, whose territory lay between that of the...