KJV King James Version
And Kish [was] the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner [was] the son of Abiel.
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1 Samuel 14:51
And Kish [was] the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner [was] the son of Abiel.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.
WEB World English Bible
Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
ASV American Standard Version
And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Kish is father of Saul, and Ner father of Abner is son of Ahiel.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 14
48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters [were these]; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
50 And the name of Saul’s wife [was] Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host [was] Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.
51 And Kish [was] the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner [was] the son of Abiel.
52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
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1 Samuel 9:1Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name [was] Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.1 Samuel 9:21And Saul answered and said, [Am] not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
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