Saul
King of Israel · 1095–1055 BC
See him on the kings chart · On the timeline
His Reign
- Reigned
- forty years Acts 13:21
- After Him
- David
Ussher’s Years
- Reigned 1095–1055 BC
- “Saul therefore was first anointed privately, and afterward publickly, and before all the people, made and proclaimed King at Mispa”
Dated by Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), quoted as printed.
Where His Reign Is Told
Difficult Passages
Who killed Saul?
Saul fell on his own sword; the Amalekite lied to David for a reward.
What does “Saul reigned one year” mean?
One year had passed since Saul was made king, and in his second year he chose his army; the KJV reads sense where modern versions print a blank.
