Bible Location
Meaning: fox; path; first · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
Shual was the district through which Saul searched for the lost donkeys, likely related to the Shaalim or Shaalabbin naming group. The exact relation among those names is not certain, but it is important because the district belongs to the ordinary-seeming route that turns into the beginning of kingship. First appears in 1 Sam 13:17.1
Place meaning
fox; path; first
Coordinates
31.95, 35.30
First appears
1 Sam 13:17
AI summary: Shual matters because Saul's story begins in a landscape of wandering through named districts before it becomes a story of anointing. The place belongs to the route-geography of providence in Samuel.1
Place meaning
fox; path; first
Latitude
31.95
Longitude
35.30
Bible references
1
Land of the fox, a district in the tribe of Benjamin (1 Sam. 13:17); possibly the same as Shalim (9:4), in the neighbourhood of Shaalabbin (Josh. 19:42). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
| Book | Cross-References |
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| 1Sam |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.