Kish
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1. Father of Saul
1 Sam 9:1–3; 10:21; 2 Sam 21:14
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.
1 Samuel 9:121 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.
1 Samuel 10:2114 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
2 Samuel 21:14 -
Called CIS (A. V.) in
Acts 13:21
21 And 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.
Acts 13:21 -
2. A Benjamite
1 Chr 8:30; 9:36
30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
1 Chronicles 8:3036 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
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3. A Levite
1 Chr 23:21, 22; 24:29
21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
1 Chronicles 23:2122 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
1 Chronicles 23:2229 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.
1 Chronicles 24:29 -
4. A Levite
2 Chr 29:12
12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
2 Chronicles 29:12 -
5. Great grandfather of Mordecai
Esth 2:5
5 Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
Esther 2:5
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
