House of Saul

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Israelite dynasty biblical royal dynasty

The House of Saul is the biblical royal dynasty founded by King Saul, Israel’s first monarch, whose lineage briefly ruled before being supplanted by the House of David.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
house of Saul	3
House of David	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Israelite dynasty ⓘ biblical royal dynasty ⓘ
associatedWith	Gibeon NERFINISHED ⓘ Philistines NERFINISHED ⓘ prophet Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ
biblicalGenreContext	Deuteronomistic history ⓘ
capital	Gibeah NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictWith	David NERFINISHED ⓘ House of David NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
downfallEvent	battle of Gilboa NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Israelites NERFINISHED ⓘ
finalRuler	Ish-bosheth NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstRuler	Saul NERFINISHED ⓘ
founder	Saul NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMember	Abinadab NERFINISHED ⓘ Ish-bosheth NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonathan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kish NERFINISHED ⓘ Malchi-shua NERFINISHED ⓘ Mephibosheth NERFINISHED ⓘ Merab NERFINISHED ⓘ Michal NERFINISHED ⓘ Saul NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	being the first royal dynasty over Israel ⓘ rivalry with the House of David ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ
lineageStatus	supplanted by the Davidic line ⓘ
namedAfter	Saul NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	battle of Gilboa NERFINISHED ⓘ conflict with the Philistines ⓘ dynastic conflict with David ⓘ establishment of monarchy in Israel ⓘ
politicalStatus	monarchy ⓘ
predecessor	period of the Judges ⓘ
region	central hill country of Israel ⓘ
religion	Ancient Israelite religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	first royal house of the united Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
scripturalSource	Book of 1 Chronicles NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of 1 Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of 2 Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Davidic dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ House of David NERFINISHED ⓘ
theologicalTheme	divine rejection of Saul’s kingship ⓘ transition from charismatic judges to hereditary monarchy ⓘ
timePeriod	Iron Age Levant ⓘ
tribalAffiliation	Tribe of Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ish-bosheth → house → House of Saul ⓘ

Abner → supported → House of Saul ⓘ

Mephibosheth → benefitsFromCovenantWith → House of Saul ⓘ

this entity surface form: house of Saul

Mephibosheth → isMemberOf → House of Saul ⓘ

this entity surface form: house of Saul

Merab → familyHouse → House of Saul ⓘ

Abinadab → associatedWith → House of Saul ⓘ

Mahalath → associatedWith → House of Saul ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of David

Gibeonites → demandedAtonementFrom → House of Saul ⓘ

this entity surface form: house of Saul