Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'saul' occurs 421 times in the standard works.

374 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'saul' in the standard works and contain 88.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 176 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 17:55-19:24 (60 in 58 verses)

1 Sam. 23:7-24:9 (33 in 32 verses)

1 Sam. 14:40-15:13 (26 in 26 verses)

1 Sam. 28:3-15 (14 in 13 verses)


1 Chr. 10:2-13 (12 in 12 verses)

 10:2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

 10:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.

 10:4 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

 10:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.

 10:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.

 10:7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

 10:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

 10:9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.

 10:10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.

 10:11 And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

 10:12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

 10:13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it;




1 Sam. 25:44-26:7 (11 in 8 verses)

1 Sam. 9:17-27 (11 in 11 verses)

1 Sam. 31:2-12 (11 in 11 verses)

2 Sam. 21:4-14 (11 in 11 verses)

1 Sam. 15:31-16:2 (9 in 7 verses)

1 Sam. 14:16-21 (7 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 13:1-7 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Sam. 16:17-23 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Sam. 16:19-17:2 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Sam. 14:33-38 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 14:36-41 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 11:4-7 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 11:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 17:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 26:25-27:4 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 2:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 3:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Sam. 9:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 13:22-14:2 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 17:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 20:25-28 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 22:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 1:21-24 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 4:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 9:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 24:16 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 10:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 13:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 17:37-39 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 1:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 4:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 9:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 12:25-13:2 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 21:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 24:22 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 3:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 8:33 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 9:39 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 12:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 12:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 9:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 22:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 26:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 36:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 15:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 16:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 20:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 21:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 22:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 22:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 28:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 3:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 21:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 394 1 395
Gen. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 297 0 297
2 Sam. 66 0 66
1 Chr. 28 0 28
Esth. 0 1 1
Isa. 1 0 1
NT 26 2 28
BM 1 0 1
DC 0 1 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 421 4 425

1 Chr. 5:10
And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.

1 Chr. 8:33
And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

1 Chr. 9:39
And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

1 Chr. 10:2
And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

1 Chr. 10:3
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.

1 Chr. 10:4
Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

1 Chr. 10:5
And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.

1 Chr. 10:6
So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.

1 Chr. 10:7
And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

1 Chr. 10:8
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

1 Chr. 10:11
And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

1 Chr. 10:12
They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

1 Chr. 10:13
So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it;

1 Chr. 11:2
And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.

1 Chr. 12:1
Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.

1 Chr. 12:2
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.

1 Chr. 12:19
And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.

1 Chr. 12:23
And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the Lord.

1 Chr. 12:29
And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.

1 Chr. 13:3
And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul.

1 Chr. 15:29
And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

1 Chr. 26:28
And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.