1 Chronicles 9:39
in 1 Chronicles 9Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
KJV
And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi–shua, and Abinadab, and Esh–baal.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 9
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the father of Gibeon
on 1 Chronicles 9:35-44
Saul's line repeats here from 1 Chronicles 8:29 to 38. Barnes reads the doubling as the seam that joins the genealogies to the history, which opens with Saul's death in chapter 10. The line runs past Jonathan through Merib-baal, called Mephibosheth in Samuel, and Micah down to Azel's six sons.
This site's exposition
Ner was the father of Kish
1 Samuel 14:51 names Kish and Ner as sons of Abiel, while this verse makes Ner the father of Kish. Esh-baal is the Ish-bosheth who reigned two years after Saul's death (2 Samuel 2:10). The two records stand side by side.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Let that judgment never be forgotten, but ever be remembered, for warning to posterity to take heed of those sins that brought it upon them. Whenever we speak of any calamity that has befallen us, it is good to add this, "it was for my transgression," that God may be justified and clear when he judges.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנֵר֙ | vener | and Ner | H5369 → | 17 times |
| הוֹלִ֣יד | holid | he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| קִ֔ישׁ | kish | Kish | H7027 → | 21 times |
| וְקִ֖ישׁ | vekish | and Kish | H7027 → | 21 times |
| הוֹלִ֣יד | holid | he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שָׁא֑וּל | shaul | Saul | H7586 → | 402 times |
| וְשָׁא֗וּל | veshaul | and Saul | H7586 → | 402 times |
| הוֹלִ֤יד | holid | he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙ | yehonatan | Jonathan | H3083 → | 81 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מַלְכִּי־ | malki- | Malki- | H4444 → | 10 times |
| שׁ֔וּעַ | shua' | Shua | H4444 → | 10 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲבִינָדָ֖ב | ʾavinadav | Abinadab | H41 → | 12 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֶשְׁבָּֽעַל׃ | ʾeshbaal | Eshbaal | H792 → |
וְנֵר֙and Ner
venerH5369 →17 times
הוֹלִ֣ידhe fathered
holidH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
קִ֔ישׁKish
kishH7027 →21 times
וְקִ֖ישׁand Kish
vekishH7027 →21 times
הוֹלִ֣ידhe fathered
holidH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שָׁא֑וּלSaul
shaulH7586 →402 times
וְשָׁא֗וּלand Saul
veshaulH7586 →402 times
הוֹלִ֤ידhe fathered
holidH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙Jonathan
yehonatanH3083 →81 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מַלְכִּי־Malki-
malki-H4444 →10 times
שׁ֔וּעַShua
shua'H4444 →10 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אֲבִינָדָ֖בAbinadab
ʾavinadavH41 →12 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אֶשְׁבָּֽעַל׃Eshbaal
ʾeshbaalH792 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Samuel 13:22So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.
it leads to
- Judges 5:8
When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.
- Zechariah 4:6
So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.
- Judges 5:8
Through
1 Chronicles 10:2The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
it leads to
- Isaiah 57:1–2
The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
- Isaiah 57:1–2
Through
1 Samuel 14:1One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 13:2
He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And…
- 1 Samuel 25:19
and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
- 1 Samuel 14:39–45
As surely as the LORD who saves Israel lives, even if it is my son Jonathan, he must die!” But not one of the troops said a word.
- 2 Samuel 1:4–5
“What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”
- Judges 6:27
So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it…
- 1 Samuel 13:2
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonUnited monarchySaulIsrael's first king, head and shoulders above the people; began in humility, ended in rejection — sparing what God devoted, consul…
- PersonEarly monarchyJonathanSon of King Saul who climbed a cliff to rout a garrison on the conviction that nothing restrains Jehovah; cut a covenant of steadf…
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Berean Standard Bible, 1 Samuel 14:51; 2 Samuel 2:10; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
