Topic
KISH
1. Father of Saul 1SA 9:1-3; 10:21; 2SA 21:14
Passages on this topic · 13
- 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 Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.
- 1 Samuel 9:2
He had a son, whose name was Saul, an impressive young man; and there was not among the children of Israel a better person than he. From his shoulders and upward he was taller than any of the people.
- 1 Samuel 9:3
The donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, “Take now one of the servants with you, and arise, go look for the donkeys.”
- 1 Samuel 10:21
He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families; and the family of the Matrites was chosen. Then Saul the son of Kish was chosen; but when they looked for him, he could not be found.
- 2 Samuel 21:14
They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. After that, God answered prayer for the land.
- 1 Chronicles 8:30
with his firstborn son Abdon, Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
- 1 Chronicles 9:36
his firstborn son Abdon, Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
- 1 Chronicles 23:21
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
- 1 Chronicles 23:22
Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them as wives.
- 1 Chronicles 24:29
Of Kish, the son of Kish: Jerahmeel.
- 2 Chronicles 29:12
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 Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;
- Esther 2:5
There was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,
- Acts 13:21
Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
From Nave’s Topical Bible (public domain).