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Who was Saul in The Bible?
In the Bible, we read about two Sauls who live centuries apart. One was the first king of Israel, who started out good, but laterdeveloped a haughty spirit, and lost God's fa…vor. You can readabout this one beginning in 1 Samuel chapter 9. King Saul becamevery jealous of his most valiant warrior, David. Saul tried on manyoccasions to kill David because of his envy over the attentionDavid received from the people over his great acts. Saul's own sonJonathan became close friends with David, in spite of his father'shatred for David, and the fact that David was many years hisjunior. David became the second king of Israel after Saul's death. The second one who was named Saul in the Bible is found in the bookof Acts. He is Saul of Tarsus who later was known as Paul. In Bibletimes a person's name was often changed by God, as if to give theperson a new start, or to signify their new assigned role. In the case of the latter Saul, he was an extreme persecutor ofChristians, even sharing in the murder of Stephen, a disciple ofChrist. He later was confronted by directly by Jesus from heaven onthe road to Damascus, to where he was traveling to furtherpersecute Christians. After this experience, Saul completelychanged his life course and became the Christian apostle Paul. Hewas even priveledged to write many of the books of the ChristianGreek scriptures (or the New Testiment). (MORE)
