1 Samuel 9:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Kish was a wealthy man who belonged to the tribe of Benjamin. His father was Abiel, his grandfather was Zeror, his great-grandfather was Becorath, and his great-great-grandfather was Aphiah.

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:32

Barzillai was eighty years old. He was very rich and had sent food to David in Mahanaim.

Esther 2:5

At this time a Jew named Mordecai was living in Susa. His father was Jair, and his grandfather Shimei was the son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin.

Job 1:3

He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred pair of oxen, five hundred donkeys, and a large number of servants. He was the richest person in the East.

Acts 13:21

but the people demanded a king. So for forty years God gave them King Saul, the son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin.

1 Samuel 10:23

The people ran and got Saul and brought him into the middle of the crowd. He was more than a head taller than anyone else.

1 Samuel 25:2

Nabal was a very rich man who lived in Maon. He owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats, which he kept at Carmel. His wife Abigail was sensible and beautiful, but he was from the Caleb clan and was rough and mean.