Kish
Male
A Benjamite, the son of Abiel, and father of king Saul ( 1 Samuel 9:1 1 Samuel 9:3 ; 1 Samuel 10:11 1 Samuel 10:21 ; 14:51 ; 2 Sam 21:14 ). All that is recorded of him is that he sent his son Saul in search of his asses that had strayed, and that he was buried in Zelah. Called Cis, Acts 13:21 (RSV, Kish).
Family
- Parents
- AbielMaachah
- Siblings
- AbdonAhioBaalGedorMiklothNadabNerZacherZur
- Children
- Saul
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Named in 13 verses
- 1 Samuel 9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a might
- 1 Samuel 9:3 The donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, “Now take one of the servants with you, and arise, go look for the donkeys.”
- 1 Samuel 10:11 When all who knew him before saw that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said to one another, “What is this that has come to the son of K
- 1 Samuel 10:21 He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families and the family of the Matrites was chosen. Then Saul the son of Kish was chosen; but when they looked fo
- 1 Samuel 14:51 Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
- 2 Samuel 21:14 They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father; and they performed all that the king comm
- 1 Chronicles 8:30 with his firstborn son Abdon, Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
- 1 Chronicles 8:33 Ner became the father of Kish. Kish became the father of Saul. Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
- 1 Chronicles 9:36 His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
- 1 Chronicles 9:39 Ner became the father of Kish. Kish became the father of Saul. Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
- 1 Chronicles 12:1 Now these are those who came to David to Ziklag while he was a fugitive from Saul the son of Kish. They were among the mighty men, his helpers in war.
- 1 Chronicles 26:28 All that Samuel the seer, Saul the son of Kish, Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated, whoever had dedicated anything, it was under th
- Acts 13:21 Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.