Who is Saul?
Q: Who is Saul?
A: Saul is a King in the Books of Samuel, 1 Chronicles and the Qur'an. He was the first king of the ancient Israel and reigned from 1047 BC to 1007 BC.
Q: What does Saul do that causes God to stop listening to him?
A: Saul loves and obeys God until he stops listening to God and becomes greedy, losing God's whole interest for him.
Q: What warning does Samuel give Saul?
A: Samuel, the prophet, comes and gives him a warning that God is not with him anymore. When turning to leave, Saul grabs Samuel's robe, and it tears. Samuel says (1Samuel15:28~29), "The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to one of your neighbors - to one better than you. He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind; for he is not a man, that he should change his mind." Then the spirit of the Lord departs from Saul.
Q: How does David come into service for Saul?
A: Saul takes David the shepherd, and the youngest son of Jesse, into his service to play a harp for him so that he would be soothed when an evil spirit rests upon him.
Q: How does Jonathan become involved in this story?
A: Jonathan is bound to David in friendship which makes his anger fume on Jonathan as well when he gets jealous of David and begins suspecting David as 'one of your neighbors' mentioned by Samuel earlier.
Q: How did Saul die?
A: Later on at battle against Philistines,Saul dies falling on his own sword because he doesn't want himself being abused by 'uncircumcised' Philistines .1Samuel & 2Samuel give conflicting accounts about how exactly did it happen but according to 1Samuel & parallel account in 1Chronicles10 ,as defeated Israelites flee ,Saul asks armour bearer to kill him but refuses & falls upon own sword .In 2Samuel an Amalekite tells David he found Saul leaning on spear after battle & delivered coup de grâce .David puts Amalekite death accusing himself killing anointed king .
