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    Saul reigned over Israel for forty-two years. Saul chose three thousand men from Israel; two thousand were with him at Micmash and Bethel and a thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in Benjamin. Jonathan attacked the Philistine camp at Geba and the Philistines heard about it. Saul blew through a trumpet and all of Israel heard that Saul attacked the camp and Israel had become unpleasant to the Philistines. The Philistines were ready to fight Israel with 3,000 chariots, 6,000 charioteers, and…

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    with no leader. Saul was confronted by they wanted replace God with a king, so God called upon Samuel to make the decision of appointing a king. Saul proceeds to tell the Israelites that the king will only deceive them and turn them into slave instead of uniting g them as one. Instead, the people dismiss the message of Samuel and plead for a leader to properly lead and protect them. God told Samuel that he would send a man named Saul to lead the people of Isriel. Samuel meets Saul and while he…

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    story about an Ojibway boy named Saul who faces many bumpy roads in life and as a result, loses his sensibility. When Saul was haunted by the ghosts of his past such as the loss of his family, the loss of his identity, and the trauma from residential school experiences, he lost his moral compass, which resulted in being affected by alcoholism. Saul loses his family at a very young age and this pain impacts him very greatly throughout the book. Without a family, Saul could not feel the sense of…

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    woman and can cure people who came to her for help. A white man named Saul Sullivan comes to Red Bull Camp to do some work and meets Vine. Saul fall in love of her beauty and by her mesmerizing looks. Vine and Saul had a connection with each other and knew they wanted to be together. The Cherokee woman marries the white southerner named Saul, during World War I. After Vine marries Saul, she leaves her Cherokee community to be with Saul and to be with her new family in God’s Creek. Vine’s mother…

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    In Indian Horse, Saul seeks to find a sense of belongingness, as his experiences from the residential school leave him robbed of it. When Saul begins to play hockey with the Moose, he feels like he has found belongingness once again. Eventually Saul’s hockey career falls apart due to the constant racism he faces, which detaches him from everything: “No matter what I did, I remained the outsider” (162). Throughout Saul’s journey, he experiences both community and utter isolation. The residential…

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    Destroying them, yet rebuilding them and making their character stronger. Nathan and Saul start to show the effects of losing a loved one. Nathan is constantly reminded about the gruesome events of which it took his brother from him. This could be simply eating food or trying to create peace within an environment. Similarly, Saul loses a lot of his family. Including his father at such…

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    Wagamese’s Indian Horse is a narrative about the life of Saul Indian Horse who searched to find reconciliation and inner peace within his own life when everything else seems hopeless. In Richard Wagamese’s Indian Horse, the story of Saul who is trying to reconcile with circumstances around him and his life at the Residential school and as a hockey player provides an insight into the life of the Natives of Canada at the time the story…

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    attempted to approach 1–2 Samuel as a “historian.” Such an approach provided her with insight necessary to understand how the original audience would have understood the text. She proposed that an understanding of how, when, and why the narrative of Saul was constructed would reveal pre-existing sources. Edelman read the text as a complete literary unit. She did not raise any historical judgments or concerns; however, she noted the need for such consideration but rejected its value in being…

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    We first meet Saul during the murder of Stephen. While Saul took no active part in Stephen’s murder, he watched in approval as these Jewish leaders took off their coats, laid them at his feet, and stoned Stephen to death. The stoning of Stephen marked the beginning of the great persecution of the Christians. This persecution was so great, that the Christians fled Jerusalem and went to Judea and Samaria. Notice in verse 8:4 that these Christians who were scattered went and preached the Good News…

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    Meadows Drive) to meet with dog owner Bonita Sauls. I arrived on scene at approximately 6:22pm. I met with Ms. Sauls and her daughter-in-law. Ms. Sauls son (Steve Sauls) contacted FCACC in regards to Ms. Sauls Schnauzer (white/tan) name Rusty bitting her for the second time this week. I asked Ms. Sauls what happened, she stated that Rusty was outside in the backyard, when it was time for Rusty to come in she noticed feces on his back side. As Ms. Sauls…

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