Saul

Also known as: King Saul
Role: First King of Israel

First King of Israel. His slaying in Samuel shows the old law abolished.

Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship

II. JEROME TO PAULINUS. — His slaying in Samuel shows the old law abolished
"in the death of Eli and the slaying of Saul, shows the old law abolished"

Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture

II. The Richness of the Old Testament — Listed among military leaders
"Samson, Gideon, David, Saul, the Maccabees, and Joshua"

Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses

Sacred Chronology — Samerius gives Saul alone after Samuel 40 years, as indicated in Acts 13:21
"to Saul alone after Samuel he gives 40 years, as is indicated in Acts 13:21"