Birth of Saul

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning

≈ 1091 BC (placed between the dated events around it)

Traditional reckoning

1135 BC

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Where is it in the Bible?

• 1 Samuel 9:2

Who was there, and where?

• Saul

Which verses connect to 1 Samuel 9:2?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

1. Genesis 6:24 votes

   the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

2. Numbers 13:334 votes

   We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”

3. 1 Samuel 16:74 votes

   But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

4. 2 Samuel 14:25–264 votes

   Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw. And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.

5. 1 Samuel 17:43 votes

   Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,

6. Jeremiah 9:233 votes

   This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.