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Saul (rex)
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Saul (Hebraice: שאול Šā’ûl vel Sha'ul) secundum Biblia Sacra fuit primus rex Israelis a propheta Samuele unctus, id est consecratus.
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Regnum eius, veri similiter XI saeculo a.C.n. [1], transitio Israëlitarum a societate tribuaria ad imperium ordinatum existimari solet.[2] Cum non sint fontes extra Biblia, disputatur, num Saul re vera vixerit.[3] Secundum Biblia Saul a Samuele unctus ex loco Gabaa regnavit. Proelio ad Gelboe montem commisso, quo tres filii eius interfecti sunt, "arripuit Saul gladium et irruit super eum" (id est: voluntariam mortem sibi conscivit), ne in manus Philistaeorum incideret (I Sam 31,4). Filius superstes Isbaal et gener David de regno certaverunt; David victor prodiit.