Kish

The first 10 of 13 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 9:1

  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.

• 1 Samuel 9:3

  One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”

• 1 Samuel 10:11

  All those who had formerly known Saul and saw him prophesying with the prophets asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

• 1 Samuel 10:21

  Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.

• 1 Samuel 14:51

  Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 21:14

  And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 8:30

  and Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,

• 1 Chronicles 8:33

  Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

• 1 Chronicles 9:36

  Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

• 1 Chronicles 9:39

  Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.