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En-dor

(Encyclopedia) En-dor, in the Bible, village, ancient Palestine, S of Mt. Tabor, where lived a celebrated witch consulted by King Saul.

Gibeah

(Encyclopedia) GibeahGibeahgĭbˈēə [key] [Heb.,=hill]. 1 In the Bible, home town and capital of Saul; the present-day Tell el-Ful, the West Bank, 3 mi (4.8 km) N of Jerusalem. A fortress that may have…

Abner

(Encyclopedia) Abner, in the Bible, relative of Saul and commander in chief of his army. Jealousy and revenge probably caused his death at Joab's hands.

Ishui

(Encyclopedia) IshuiIshuiĭshˈy&oomacr;ī [key], in the Bible, son of Saul.

Steinberg, Saul

(Encyclopedia) Steinberg, Saul, 1914–99, American artist-cartoonist, b. Samnicul-Sarat, Romania. He attended the Univ. of Bucharest (1932) and the Reggio Politecnico, Milan (doctorate in architecture…

Perlmutter, Saul

(Encyclopedia) Perlmutter, Saul, 1959–, American astrophysicist, b., Champaign-Urbana, Ill., Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1986. He is a researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and…

Bellow, Saul

(Encyclopedia) Bellow, Saul, 1915–2005, American novelist, b. Lachine, Que., as Solomon Bellow, grad. Northwestern Univ., 1937. Born of Russian-Jewish parents, he grew up in the slums of Montreal and…

Pithon

(Encyclopedia) PithonPithonpīˈthŏn [key], in the Bible, a descendant of Saul, one of the sons of Micah.