Father of Kish and Ner, and the grandfather of King Saul and his army commander Abner.
About Abiel (Grandfather of King Saul)
The father of Kish and Ner and grandfather of King Saul, according to 1 Samuel 9:1 and 14:51. Other lists of ancestors in 1 Chronicles list Ner, instead of Abiel, as Kish’s father and Saul’s grandfather (1 Chronicles 8:33; 9:39). This confusion is either because of a copyist’s error or because Saul may have had two relatives named Ner, a great-grandfather and an uncle.
Family Relationships
- Parents
- Zeror
- Partner
- Maacah (1 Chronicles 8:29)
- Children 10
- Kish, Ner, Abdon (Son of Jeiel), Zur (1 Chronicles 8:30), Baal, Nadab (1 Chronicles 8:30), Gedor, Ahio (1 Chronicles 8:31), Zecher, Mikloth
Key References
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.
Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.
All Scripture References (6)
1 Samuel (2)
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.
Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.
1 Chronicles (4)
Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah,
Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah.
Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.