Tag: Saul

• The Past Casts a Long Shadow

  

  Saul is from Gibeah (1 Samuel 10:26). (!!) Gibeah is the site of the atrocity in Judges 19 (Judges 19:12ff). The aftermath of that atrocity draws in Jabesh-gilead (Judges 21), so that the people of Gibeah are related to the people from Jabesh-gilead after that. Saul’s first act as king is to rescue the people…

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  May 11, 2018

  Something New in the Bible

  1 Samuel 11, Bible, Bible study, empathy, Hebrew Bible, memory, Saul