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.
KJV
Et erat vir de Benjamin nomine Cis, filius Abiel, filii Seror, filii Bechorath, filii Aphia, filii viri Jemini, fortis robore.
Vulgate
Καὶ ἀνὴρ ἐξ υἱῶν Βενιαμείν, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῷ Κείς, υἱὸς Ἀβειὴλ υἱοῦ Ἀρὲδ υἱοῦ Βαχεὶ υἱοῦ Ἀφὲκ υἱοῦ ἀνδρὸς Ἰεμειναίου, ἀνὴρ δυνατός.
LXX
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
וַֽ/יְהִי אִ֣ישׁ מ/בן ימין מִ/בִּנְיָמִ֗ין וּ֠/שְׁמ/וֹ קִ֣ישׁ בֶּן אֲבִיאֵ֞ל בֶּן צְר֧וֹר בֶּן בְּכוֹרַ֛ת בֶּן אֲפִ֖יחַ בֶּן אִ֣ישׁ יְמִינִ֑י גִּבּ֖וֹר חָֽיִל
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers the prophet Samuel, the demand for a king, Saul's anointing and reign, David's anointing, his victory over Goliath, his friendship with Jonathan, Saul's pursuit of David, and Saul's death at Mount Gilboa. Josephus provides psychological depth to the characters.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 8:30 — And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
- 1Chr 8:33 — And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
- 1Chr 9:36 — And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
- 1Sam 14:51 — And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
- 1Sam 14:51 — And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
- 1Sam 25:2 — And 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.
- Acts 13:21 — 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.
- Esth 2:5 — 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;