sha'-ul, sha'-ul-its (sha'ul; Saoul):
(1) A king of Edom (Ge 36:37=1Ch 1:48).
(2) A son of Simeon (Ge 46:10;Ex 6:15;Nu 26:13;1Ch 4:24). The clan was of notoriously impure stock, and, therefore, Shaul is called "the son of a Canaanitish woman" (Ge 46:10;Ex 6:15); the clan was of mixed Israelite and Canaanitish descent. The patronymic Shaulites is found inNu 26:13.
(3) An ancestor of Samuel (1Ch 6:24(Hebrew 9)); in1Ch 6:36he is called "Joel."