KJV King James Version
Now 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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 Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now 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.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And there is a man of Benjamin, and his name is Kish, son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Bechorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, mighty of valour,
Surrounding context — 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 Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
2 And he had a son, whose name [was] Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and [there was] not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward [he was] higher than any of the people.
3 And the asses of Kish Saul’s father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.
4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found [them] not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and [there they were] not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found [them] not.
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וַֽיְהִי־H1961 · ha.yahto beאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanמִבִּנְיָמִ֗יןH1144 · bin.ya.minBenjaminוּ֠שְׁמוֹH8034 · shemnameקִ֣ישׁH7027 · qishKishבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childאֲבִיאֵ֞לH22 · a.vi.elAbielבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childצְר֧וֹרH6872 · tse.rorbundleבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childבְּכוֹרַ֛תH1064 · be.kho.ratBecorathבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childאֲפִ֖יחַH647 · a.phi.achAphiahבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanיְמִינִ֑יH3227 · ye.mi.nirightגִּבּ֖וֹרH1368 · gib.bormighty manחָֽיִל׃H2428 · cha.yilstrength: soldiers
Cross-references
1 Samuel 14:51And Kish [was] the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner [was] the son of Abiel.Acts 13:21And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.1 Chronicles 9:36-39And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,1 Samuel 25:2And [there was] a man in Maon, whose possessions [were] in Carmel; and the man [was] very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.1 Chronicles 8:30-33And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,Job 1:3His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.2 Samuel 19:32Now Barzillai was a very aged man, [even] fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he [was] a very great man.
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