SAUL
asked for. (1.) A king of Edom (Gen. 36:37, Gen. 36: 38); called Shaul in 1-Chr 1:48. (2.) The son of Kish (probably his only son, and a child of prayer, "asked for"), of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of the Jewish nation. The singular providential circumstances connected with his election as king are recorded in 1 Sam. 8-10. His father's she-asses had strayed, and Saul was sent with a s......