#king saul

[tomatobird-blog]

The Harpist who chases away evil spirits

#the Bible #king david #king saul #The book of Samuel #my art #oldtober #Digital art #biblical

[dim-widdy]

"Mr. Liege, how many lumps of salt do you take your tea with?"

Dimitri the Dreggon pours peppercorn tea for King Saul and Prince Egbert of Iobar.

I made this to celebrate the year of the dragon!

#zx spectrum #pixel art #tea #dragon #colorful #my art #my characters #iobar #dimitri #prince egbert #king saul

[sir-davey]

Writing a book wow ✍️

Alright, lemme introduce you to a project I’ve been working on for a few years now 😘

I have been very dedicated to it, and it’s been through many, MANY changes because of the concept for it, which has been hard for even me to develop and have it make sense lol

Also here’s some art I made for it, hehe

This novel in question is, “Saul,” a fictional retelling of, well you know, King Saul 🥶 Strictly through his perspective and how he sees the world around him, which is shown in a very symbolic way. Everything about this story is symbolic with it presented through symbolic imagery that Saul experiences. Within the story, Saul would go through seven visions, given by Ze’ev, his evil spirit, detailing his state of mind and his gnawing grudges.

Basically, this story brings light to Saul’s mentality in the Bible in other means of interpreting it, in which Saul is honestly never sane and he has a lot of issues lol. Also, the story goes through his entire life, and I mean going back to when he’s around 15, which is where the story starts (other than his traumatic flashback that I’m not going to talk about loll) So it’s an origin story as well, but it ties into the whole idea of what drives Saul forward in the life he lives.

Also, there’s generational trauma 🥶 that explains Saul’s abuse for Jonathan (although there are many more aspects to it, Saul’s past is partly the reason for Saul’s abuse) in which Saul’s father, Kish, is the biggest asshole you’ll ever meet lol. And yeah, there’s a reason why, and yet, he’s an asshole through and through and there’s no redemption for him. Kish doesn’t want to be associated with his son which spirals into endless abuse and neglect (kind of explains why Saul has little to no confidence in himself and is constantly paranoid).

There are also prominent characters I’ve come up with, such as Saul’s mother, Hodesh, and basically the character of Saul’s evil spirit, Ze’ev, who is a shift-shaping demon wolf that guides Saul to seek his truest intentions while bringing fear into his heart so Ze’ev can feed off of him. Firstly, Hodesh holds a special place in Saul’s heart. And it’s to the point where he becomes obsessive of her, trying to find answers through her since she is the bearer of his life (also she sings really well, making it the origin for Saul’s musical needs). Ze’ev, on the other hand, stems from Saul’s traumas/fears and becomes prevalent later on to weaken Saul and to bring him to a place of chaos and terror so much so it hinders Saul seeking for the answers he’s been looking for for all his life.

And some other things about the novel: Saul’s childhood is absolute garbage, yet Ahinoam has always tried to alleviate him from his burdens. His relationship with Ahinoam, however, is at first very, very strong but becomes unstable when Saul’s drama with Rizpah comes into the picture, which is all Saul’s fault by the way lol. Him and Ahinoam though have a strong connection, despite their troubled beginnings with each other, and Jonathan is basically a combination of them in good ways lol. Jonathan is really prominent in the story too, and I’ll maybe make another post discussing David/Jonathan’s relationship in the story, because I’m still trying to figure out a symbolic way to add them into Saul’s narrative.

One thing about Jonathan is that Saul in his visions constantly imagines a scary version of Jonathan, which is supposed to be serious, but I’ve always found it funny loll. Like Saul would be waking up screaming from Jonathan drenched in blood and then sees a perfectly normal Jonathan smiling at him.

So ANYWAYS,

I’ve been working on this novel for a long while, and it has gone through a lot of changes. I have written the first draft for it, but I’ve recently scrapped the entire draft because the whole story has entirely changed lol. The first draft actually dwelled on Saul’s childhood, but the narrative ended up being really pandering and stupid while not adding anything to the story, if I’m being honest 🥶 I mean, there was a chapter of 10k words of just little Saul talking to little Abner about some plan of sneaking out to go and see the Philistines. They’re like 7 btw. You’d spend five chapters of an annoying, 7 year old Saul who thinks he’s tough and brave in every sentence he says loll.

Alright that’s enough rambling 😭 I doubt anyone would read this other than me, but if you have, then you’re amazing and I applaud you greatly 😎👏👏 I ramble a lot because I’m a nerd, and I’m very passionate, and uh- DAVID FOREVERRR 😍😘✨🫶 EEEEEEEEEE

Also, any ideas/suggestions would be AWESOME 😎👍✨

#Something’s wrong with me #Midnight rambles #King Saul #Bible stuff #me lovee #Crazy writer things aaa #I’m just a nerdy writer #i talk too much #whoopsies #My novel will be extra gay too #We cannot forget the biblical gayss #Biblical gays #biblical #biblical art #Saul is canonically insane #Saul fr needs help #Rip Jonathan #bible fandom

[jewishcissiekj]

Tanakh teachers will go "This is one of the most moral people in our history and he was so Tzadik and he's such a role model and we should remember everyone makes mistakes so really how bad were the things he did in retrospect when we look at how good a person he was and how morally correct he was in general and we should proceed about this specific story with caution and not disrespect him because he's a holy figure and how dare you say something bad about him" then tell you how said he killed a woman's husband to be with her after watching her bathe and sleeping with her or how the other he hunted a teenager for sport because the people praised him more and tried killing him while he was playing the harp for him

#“girls listen. this us a very serious subject. David can do no wrong. However he was a horrible human being buttt you can't criticize it.” #-literally how my teacher taught us about King David and Bat Sheva #on a judaism kick lately sorryyyyy #judaism #bible #tanakh #king david #david #shaul #king saul #bat sheva #guys he never did anything bad but murder this one woman's husband guyssss #the og “but he's my poor little meow meow” #your honor it balances out with his good deeds so it's fine #hate it #king shaul

[northwoodsfan]

Dealing with failure

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#Built with Grace #Christianity #forgiveness #God #God&039;s love #grace #Holy Spirit #Hope #Jesus #Jesus Christ #king david #King Saul #love

[elijones94]

🐑 I based these drawings on a scene from an animated retelling of “David & Goliath”, an episode of the “Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible” series. After a musical number by the show’s narrator, David had just fallen asleep. A lion spots the sheep and begins to terrorize the herd, before targeting David’s favorite lamb. It briefly has the wind knocked out of him by a ram. After the lion snatches the lamb, David, woken up by the lion’s roars, chases it and momentarily knocks it out with a stone from his slingshot. The lion ultimately meets its demise by getting hit in the head multiple times by David’s shepherd staff. 🐾🦁#DavidandGoliath #lion #sheep #animatedBiblestories #OldTestament #KingDavid

#David and Goliath #animated Bible stories #Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible #lion #lamb #ram #David #King Saul #Goliath #the Phillistines #Israel #character studies #late night drawing #King David #David and Jonathan #David and Michal #Old Testament

[clever-dana]

King Saul's family and their trusty pal David son of Jesse

#king david #bible jokes #bible story #bible study #bible scripture #bible #biblical art #biblical figures #christian faith #christianity #christian art #king saul

[blogdemocratesjr]

David and Saul by Ernst Josephson

#ernst josephson #king david #king saul #old testament

[i-bring-crack]

The books may be called Samuel 1 and 2 but in reality I just call it Jonathan & David's story.

#blame me #but I love those two #dammit they tried so much #;-; #bible #old testament #king david #jonathan #king saul #samuel #samuel legit dies before the book is finished ma brothers! #samuel was just here as god's helper then took one look at the king and was like #well this kingdom will definetly go downhill with a monarchy now but if thays what the people want

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

Descendants of Benjamin

1 Benjamin was the father of Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, Ahar′ah the third, 2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 3 And Bela had sons: Addar, Gera, Abi′hud, 4 Abishu′a, Na′aman, Aho′ah, 5 Gera, Shephu′phan, and Huram. 6 These are the sons of Ehud (they were heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they were carried into exile to Man′ahath): 7 Na′aman, Ahi′jah, and Gera, that is, Heglam, who was the father of Uzza and Ahi′hud. 8 And Shahara′im had sons in the country of Moab after he had sent away Hushim and Ba′ara his wives. 9 He had sons by Hodesh his wife: Jobab, Zib′i-a, Mesha, Malcam, 10 Je′uz, Sachi′a, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers’ houses. 11 He also had sons by Hushim: Abi′tub and Elpa′al. 12 The sons of Elpa′al: Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns, 13 and Beri′ah and Shema (they were heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Ai′jalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath); 14 and Ahi′o, Shashak, and Jer′emoth. 15 Zebadi′ah, Arad, Eder, 16 Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were sons of Beri′ah. 17 Zebadi′ah, Meshul′lam, Hizki, Heber, 18 Ish′merai, Izli′ah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpa′al. 19 Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi, 20 Eli-e′nai, Zil′lethai, Eli′el, 21 Adai′ah, Bera′iah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shim′e-i. 22 Ishpan, Eber, Eli′el, 23 Abdon, Zichri, Hanan, 24 Hanani′ah, Elam, Anthothi′jah, 25 Iphde′iah, and Penu′el were the sons of Shashak. 26 Sham′sherai, Shehari′ah, Athali′ah, 27 Ja-areshi′ah, Eli′jah, and Zichri were the sons of Jero′ham. 28 These were the heads of fathers’ houses, according to their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.

29 Je-i′el the father of Gibeon dwelt in Gibeon, and the name of his wife was Ma′acah. 30 His first-born son: Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Ba′al, Nadab, 31 Gedor, Ahi′o, Zecher, 32 and Mikloth (he was the father of Shim′e-ah). Now these also dwelt opposite their kinsmen in Jerusalem, with their kinsmen. 33 Ner was the father of Kish, Kish of Saul, Saul of Jonathan, Mal′chishu′a, Abin′adab, and Esh-ba′al; 34 and the son of Jonathan was Mer′ib-ba′al; and Mer′ib-ba′al was the father of Micah. 35 The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tare′a, and Ahaz. 36 Ahaz was the father of Jeho′addah; and Jeho′addah was the father of Al′emeth, Az′maveth, and Zimri; Zimri was the father of Moza. 37 Moza was the father of Bin′e-a; Raphah was his son, Ele-a′sah his son, Azel his son. 38 Azel had six sons, and these are their names: Azri′kam, Bo′cheru, Ish′mael, She-ari′ah, Obadi′ah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. 39 The sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his first-born, Je′ush the second, and Eliph′elet the third. 40 The sons of Ulam were men who were mighty warriors, bowmen, having many sons and grandsons, one hundred and fifty. All these were Benjaminites. — 1 Chronicles 8 | Revised Standard Version (RSV) Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. All rights reserved. Cross References: Genesisi 22:24; Genesis 46:21; Exodus 6:21; Joshua 10:12; 1 Samuel 9:1; 1 Samuel 14:3; 1 Samuel 14:49; 1 Samuel 31:2; 2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 21:16; 2 Samuel 23:9; 1 Chronicles 9:1; 1 Chronicles 9:35; 1 Chronicles 9:39,40 and 41; 1 Chronicles 9:43-44; 1 Chronicles 12:20; Acts 9:32; Acts 9:35

#a Genealogy of Benjamin #King Saul #1 Chronicles 8 #Book of First Chronicles #Old Testament #RSV #Revised Standard Version of the Bible #National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America

[phillipmedhurst]

Revealed Religion : Benjamin West. 029 of 100 Bible images

029 Saul and the witch of Endor Saul and the witch of Endor. 1777. Oil on canvas. 50.5 x 65.1 cms. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, New Haven.

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#American art #Benjamin West #Bible #Book of Samuel #king saul #Phillip Medhurst #Revealed Religion #Samuel #Saul #Wadsworth #witch of endor

[quotesfromscripture]

Jonathan has a plan

“Now it happened one day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, ‘Come, let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison that is on the other side.’ But he did not tell his father. 

And Saul was sitting in the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron. The people who were with him were about six hundred men. Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’s priest in Shiloh, was wearing an ephod. But the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.” 

- 1 Samuel 14:1-3 NKJV (1982)

#bible verse #king saul #jonathan son of saul #war #our enemies #armor #soldiers #pomegranate #ephod #secrets #hiding #1 samuel 14 #1 samuel 14:2 #new king james version #priests #ignorance #eli the priest

[bojackson54]

Good Decisions Come From Not Making Bad Decisions

If you ever have to make decisions, there are a couple of contrasting templates in the Old Testament you can use as a reference. There’s what I call the Saul method, and then there’s the David approach. King Saul of Ancient Israel made decisions very differently than David. They also had very different outcomes. Consider the Source Saul sometimes used consultants when making decisions. He went…

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#1 Chronicles 10:13-14 #1 Chronicles 14:10 #decisions #good decisions #King David #King Saul

[spiritsdancinginthenight]

David and Saul Oil on Canvas by Ernst Josephson, 1878. Now on display at the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.

#david and saul #king saul #biblical art #religious art #ernst josephson

[ultrachoppedpenguinbouquet]

Samuel

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#Eli #Elknah #Events #God #Hannah #King David #King Saul #Life #Monarchy #Samuel #Temple

[marquette87]

#israel #David #goliath #king saul #SoundCloud