RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saul

1079 BC - 1010 BC

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Saul (; Hebrew: שָׁאוּל‎, Šāʾūl; Greek: Σαούλ, Saoúl; transl. "asked/prayed for") was a monarch of ancient Israel and Judah and the first king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. His reign, traditionally placed in the late eleventh century BCE, supposedly marked the transition of the Israelites from a scattered tribal society ruled by various judges to organized statehood. The historicity of Saul and the United Kingdom of Israel is not universally accepted, as what is known of both comes exclusively from the Hebrew Bible. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saul has received more than 4,191,103 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Saul is the 46th most popular religious figure (up from 47th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Israel (down from 16th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Israeli Religious Figure.

Saul is most famous for being the first king of Israel.

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  • 79.87

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  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saul ranks 46 out of 3,187Before him are Queen of Sheba, Anthony the Great, John the Apostle, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope Alexander VI, and Isaiah. After him are Joshua, Pope Pius IX, Pope Benedict XVI, Samuel, Pope John XXIII, and Catherine of Alexandria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1079 BC, Saul ranks 1 Among people deceased in 1010 BC, Saul ranks 1After him is Samuel.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Saul ranks 17 out of 466Before him are Matthew the Apostle (10), Mahmoud Abbas (1935), Jonah (-850), Ariel Sharon (1928), Yitzhak Rabin (1922), and Isaiah (-800). After him are Herod the Great (-73), Benjamin Netanyahu (1949), Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1161), Judas Iscariot (50), Bartholomew the Apostle (-100), and Thomas the Apostle (1).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Israel

Among religious figures born in Israel, Saul ranks 12Before him are Elijah (-1000), Samson (-1118), Mary Magdalene (-10), Matthew the Apostle (10), Jonah (-850), and Isaiah (-800). After him are Judas Iscariot (50), Bartholomew the Apostle (-100), Thomas the Apostle (1), Ezekiel (-621), Salome (14), and Jude the Apostle (15).