Bible Hero

King Saul

Era: Iron Age Israelite 1000bce
First appears in: First appears in 1 Samuel 17:1-51
Appearances: In 1 storybook

Who is King Saul?

A tall, gaunt older man with greying dark hair and a worried lined face, wearing an ankle-length undyed linen tunic beneath a heavy ultramarine wool mantle pinned with a bronze fibula. A beaten-bronze diadem crosses his forehead; cross-strapped sandals, a short olive-wood rod of office, and sheathed bronze sword mark Israelite kingship.

Featured in 1 Bible Heroes storybook, first appearing in 1 Samuel 17:1-51.

Where King Saul appears

Every Bible Heroes storybook featuring King Saul, with the role they play and the pages they show up on.

David and Goliath

1 Samuel 17:1-51

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Israel’s king, who hears Goliath’s challenge and is afraid with his soldiers. He listens to David’s courage, gives the boy armor, and finally lets him go to face the giant.

Pages 5, 11, 13