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(“first king of israel”)
(1079BC – 1007BC)
(/sɔːl/; Hebrew: שָׁאוּל, Šāʼûl; “asked for, prayed for”; Latin: Saul; Arabic: طالوت, Ṭālūt or Arabic: شاؤل, Sha’ūl),
(saul according to the Hebrew Bible, was the first king of a united ‘Kingdom of Israel and ‘judah'”)
(his reign, traditionally placed in the late 11th century BCE, would have marked a transition from a tribal society to statehood)
(Saul’s life and reign are described in the Hebrew Bible)
(he was anointed by the prophet Samuel and reigned from Gibeah)
(he fell on his sword (committing suicide) to avoid capture in the battle against the Philistines at Mount Gilboa, during which three of his sons were also killed)
(the succession to his throne was contested by ‘Ish-bosheth’, his only surviving son, and his son-in-law David, who eventually prevailed)
(a similar yet different account of Saul’s life may be given in the Qur’an)
(neither the length of Saul’s reign, nor the extent of his territory are given in the Hebrew Bible; the former is traditionally fixed at twenty or twenty-two years, but there is no reliable evidence for these numbers)
(according to the ‘new testament’ account, ‘Saul’ reigned for a period of ’40 years’ (‘Acts 13:21′))
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