1 Samuel 9:1 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹ Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Ab´i-el, the son of Zeror, the son of Becho´rath, the son of Aphi´ah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THERE WAS a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of wealth and valor.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹ There was a wealthy man from the tribe of Benjamin named Kish. He was the son of Abiel son of Zeror son of Becorath son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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 man of Benjamin, strong and robust.

1 Samuel 9:1 Cross References

1 Samuel 14:51

And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Ab´i-el.

Acts 13:21

And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

1 Samuel 25:2

And there was a man in Ma´on, 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.

Job 1:3

His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

2 Samuel 19:32

Now Barzil´lai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahana´im; for he was a very great man.

1 Samuel 10:23

And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

Esther 2:5

Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mor´decai, the son of Ja´ir, the son of Shim´e-i, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;