1 Samuel 14:51
Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.
BSB
ASV
And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
KJV
And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
But what does it mean that he is called a cousin of Saul? A cousin is one who is born from the brother of one's father. Hence here too it is added: 'Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.' And when a king to be chosen was sought, it was said: "And there was a man named Kish, the son of Abiel" (1 Samuel 9:1).
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1 Samuel 9:1Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.
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Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.
Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
and Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
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1 Samuel 9:21Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing…
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And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel
There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, the princes of Judah in their company, the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
