Encyclopedia of The Bible – Shaul
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Shaul

SHAUL shôl (שָׁא֖וּל). 1. A king of Edom who lived in the period before the Israelite monarchy (Gen 36:37, 38; KJV SAUL; 1 Chron 1:48, 49).

2. A son of Simeon and a Canaanite woman (Gen 46:10; Exod 6:15; 1 Chron 4:24). The patronymic SHAULITES occurs in Numbers 26:13.

3. An ancestor of Samuel (1 Chron 6:24; called Joel in v. 36).