1Sa 9:1-2 - Commentary

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Text -- 1 Samuel 9:1-2 (NET)

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Samuel Meets with Saul

9:1 There was a Benjaminite man named Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin. He was a prominent person. 9:2 He had a son named Saul, a handsome young man. There was no one among the Israelites more handsome than he was; he stood head and shoulders above all the people.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Abiel the grandfather of King Saul and Abner,a man who was one of David's military elite; an Arbathite

· Aphiah a man of Benjamin who was an ancestor of King Saul

· Becorath son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite; forefather of King Saul

· Benjamin the tribe of Benjamin of Israel

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Kish the father of King Saul,son of Abiel of Benjamin; father of Saul,son of Jeiel of Benjamin; uncle of Kish the father of Saul,second son of Mahli (Merari Levi); recognized by King David as the only son through whom Mahli's clan was built,son of Abdi; one of the Levites of Merari that King Hezekiah assigned to supervise the cleansing of the temple,a man who was an ancestor of Mordecai; the father of Shimei

· Saul the sixth king of Edom,son of Simeon and a Canaanite woman,son of Uzziah of Kohath son of Levi

· Zeror son of Becorath of Benjamin; ancestor of Saul