Saul was a king of
Edom
Edom (; Edomite: ; he, אֱדוֹם , lit.: "red"; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Egyptian: ) was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and eas ...
mentioned in the
Bible
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, in
Genesis
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* Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of mankind
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36:31-43. He succeeded
Samlah of Masrekah Samlah was a king of Edom mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in Genesis 36:31-43. He succeeded Hadad ben Bedad
Hadad (Hebrew: הֲדַד), son of Bedad (בְּדַד), was a king of Edom mentioned in the Bible, in Genesis 36:31-43. He succeeded Husha ...
in the apparently elective kingship of the early Edomites. He is described as being from "
Rehoboth on the River". He was succeeded by
Baal-hanan ben Achbor Baal-hanan (Hebrew: בַּעַל חָנָן / בָּעַל חָנָן, Standard ''Baʿal Ḥanan'' Tiberian ''Baʿal Ḥānān'' / ''Bāʿal Ḥānān'') means "Baal has been gracious". There are two men by this name in the Hebrew Bible.
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.
The dates and other details of his reign are unknown, as he is not mentioned in any other surviving source.
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Kings of Edom
Book of Genesis people