Shaul, Shaulites
Shaul, Shaulites
shaul, shaul-ts (, sha’ul; , Saoul):
(1) A king of Edom (Gen 36:37 ff = 1Ch 1:48 ff).
(2) A son of Simeon (Gen 46:10; Exo 6:15; Num 26:13; 1Ch 4:24). The clan was of notoriously impure stock, and, therefore, Shaul is called the son of a Canaanitish woman (Gen 46:10; Exo 6:15); the clan was of mixed Israelite and Canaanitish descent. The patronymic Shaulites is found in Num 26:13.
(3) An ancestor of Samuel (1Ch 6:24 (Hebrew 9)); in 1Ch 6:36 he is called Joel.