One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Shual. Every Shual in the Bible
place
Shual
שׁוּעָל
Shual was a region raided by Philistine raiders during Saul's reign, along with Ophrah and the land of Shaalim (1Sam. 13:17).
- verses
- 1
- first named
- 1 Samuel 13:17
- last named
- 1 Samuel 13:17
- feature
- region
- coordinates
- 31.93°N · 35.30°E
Rammun (OpenBible)
The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.
Description
Shual in the text
Shual is mentioned in the context of the Philistine threat to Israel during the reign of King Saul (1Sam. 13:17). After the Philistines assembled a large army at Michmash, they sent out raiding parties in three directions. One company turned toward Ophrah in the land of Shual, while the others went toward Beth-horon and the Valley of Zeboim. The exact location of Shual is uncertain, but it was likely situated in the territory of Benjamin, north of Jerusalem. The name "Shual" means "fox" or "jackal" in Hebrew, possibly indicating the presence of these animals in the region or reflecting the cunning nature of the Philistine raiders. The mention of Shual in this narrative highlights the ongoing conflict between the Israelites and the Philistines during Saul's reign and the challenges faced by the newly established monarchy. It also demonstrates the strategic importance of the region and the need for effective defense against enemy incursions.
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
Stands in the same events as
- Beth-horon Lower1 event
- Ophrah1 event
- Zeboim Valley1 event
The pattern
Where Shual is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
1 verse across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. Named in 1 Samuel (1).
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Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — one, across 1 book.
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