Shual

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. District to which a company of Philistine spoilers turned when they were encamped against Israel.  1 Samuel 13:17 . Not identified.

2. Son of Zophah, of the tribe of Asher.   1 Chronicles 7:36 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 7:36 2 1 Samuel 13:17 1 Samuel 9:4

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Shu'al. (A Jackal). Son of Zophah, an Asherite.  1 Chronicles 7:36. (B.C. after 1445).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Shual . An Asherite (  1 Chronicles 7:36 ).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 7:36.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Shual, שׁוּעָל , A Jackal ; , Sept. in Chronicles Σουάλ v.r. Σουλά and Σουδά ; in Kings, Σωγάλ ), the name of a man and of a region.

1. Third named of the eleven "sons" of Zophah, descendants of Asher ( 1 Chronicles 7:36). B.C. post 1612.

2. A district ("land of Shual") named only in  1 Samuel 13:17, to denote the direction taken by one of the three parties of marauders who issued from the Philistine camp at Michmash. Its connection with Ophrah (probably Taiyibeh) and the direction of the two other routes named in the passage make it pretty certain that the region in question lay north of Michmash. If, therefore, it be identical with the "land of Shalim" ( 1 Samuel 9:4) — as is not impossible — we obtain the first and only clue yet obtained. to Saul's journey is quest of the asses. The name Shual has not yet been identified in the neighborhood of Taiyibeh or elsewhere. It may have originated in the Hebrew signification of the word ("jackal"), in which case it would be appropriate enough to the wild desolate region east of Taiyibeh — a region containing a valley or ravine at no great distance from Taiyibeh which bore, and perhaps still bears, the name of "Hamflas." (See Valley Of Zeboim). Others (as Thenius, in Exeg. Handb. ) derive the name from a different root, and interpret it as "hollow land."

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

shōō´al ( שׁוּעל , shū‛āl ): An Asherite (  1 Chronicles 7:36 ).