Da Saul hadde tatt kongedømmet over Israel, kjempet han mot alle sine fiender rundt om: Moab, ammonittene, Edom, kongene i Soba og filisterne. Hvor han enn vendte seg, påførte han dem tap.
Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he 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 put `them' to the worse.