Saul tok kongedømmet over Israel og kjempet mot alle sine fiender på alle kanter: mot Moab, mot ammonittene, mot Edom, mot kongene i Soba og mot filisterne. Hvor enn han snudde seg, slo han dem.
So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.