Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
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Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
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And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
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And Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
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Passages linked to 1 Samuel 14:51 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 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 mighty man of valor.
- 1 Samuel 9:21 Saul answered, “Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak to me like this?”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 14:51 And Kish [was] the father of Saul;…
1Sa 14:51 And Kish [was] the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner [was] the son of Abiel.
Ver. 51. And Kish was the father of Saul.] Hence Saul is called Cush the Benjamite, {Psa 7:1, title} as the Chaldee there paraphraseth it.
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And Ner the father of Abner.] In 1Ch 8:33, Ner is said to be the father of Kish, that is, his foster-father, saith Comestor.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Kish was the father of Saul,.... See Sa1…
And Kish was the father of Saul,.... See Sa1 9:1.
and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel; this Abiel was the father both of Kish and Ner, and the grandfather of Saul, see Sa1 9:1.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Read, “And Kish the father of Saul, and Ner…
Read, “And Kish the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner, were the sons of Abiel.” Ner was Saul’s uncle.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 51. Ner the father of Abner was the son…
51. Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel — From 1Ch_8:33, we learn that Ner was the father of Kish; so Abner and Kish were brothers, and Abiel, represented as the father of Kish in 1Sa_9:1,must be understood as a more remote ancestor.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 51. Abiel] It has been conjectured that Abiel is…
51. Abiel] It has been conjectured that Abiel is the same as Jehiel “the father” or founder of Gibeon, 1Ch_9:35, and that Gibeon is identical with Gibeah; but this is doubtful.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (51) The son of Abiel.—For “son” the commentators mostly…
(51) The son of Abiel.—For “son” the commentators mostly agree we must read sons. Kish and Ner, we know, were both sons of Abiel. (See 1Ch_9:35-36, where, however, the father’s name is given as Jehiel.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The son of Abiel. There can be little doubt…
The son of Abiel. There can be little doubt that the right reading is sons, and not son. We thus get an intelligible statement Kish the father of Saul and Ner the father of Abner, were sons of Abiel."
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