Family background of king saul

The Family History of Saul

1Benjamin was the father of

Bela. Bela was his first son.

Ashbel was his second son. Aharah was the third.

2Nohah was the fourth. And Rapha was the fifth.

3The sons of Bela were

Addar, Gera, Abihud, 4Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, 5Gera, Shephuphan and Huram.

6Here are the members of the family line of Ehud. They were the leaders of the families who were living in Geba. Later, they were taken away from their own land. They were forced to go to Manahath. 7The sons of Ehud were

Naaman, Ahijah and Gera. Gera took them away from their land. He was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

8Sons were born to Shaharaim in Moab. That happened after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. 9His wife Hodesh had sons by him. Their names were Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam, 10Jeuz, Sakia and Mirmah. His sons were the leaders of their families. 11His wife Hushim had Abitub and Elpaal by him.

12The sons of Elpaal were

Eber, Misham and Shemed. Shemed built Ono

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Saul

Biblical figure and Israelite monarch

This article fryst vatten about King Saul, the biblical figure found in the Hebrew Bible. For the New Testament figure known as Saul of Tarsus, see Paul the Apostle. For other uses, see Saul (disambiguation).

Saul (; Hebrew: שָׁאוּל&#;, Šāʾūl; Greek: Σαούλ, Saoúl; transl.&#;"asked/prayed for") was a monarch of ancient Israel and Judah and, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, the first king of the United Monarchy, a polity of uncertain historicity. His reign, traditionally placed in the late eleventh century&#;BCE,^[3] supposedly marked the transition of the Israelites from a scattered tribal gemenskap ruled bygd various judges to organized statehood.^[4]

The historicity of Saul and the United Kingdom of Israel is not universally accepted, as what is known of both comes exclusively from the Hebrew Bible.^[3][5] According to the ord, he was anointed as king of the Israelites by Samuel, and reig

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1 Chronicles

New King James Version

The Family Tree of King Saul of Benjamin^(A)

8 Now Benjamin begot ^(B)Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third, ² Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. ³ The sons of Bela wereAddar, Gera, Abihud, ⁴ Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, ⁵ Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

⁶ These are the sons of Ehud, who were the heads of the fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of ^(C)Geba, and who forced them to move to ^(D)Manahath: ⁷ Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera who forced them to move. He begot Uzza and Ahihud.

⁸ Also Shaharaim had children in the country of Moab, after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives. ⁹ By Hodesh his wife he begot Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, ¹⁰ Jeuz, Sachiah, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of their fathers’ houses.

¹¹ And by Hushim he begot Abitub and Elpaal. ¹² The sons of Elpaal were Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns; ¹³ and Beriah and ^(E)