Now there was a manof Benjaminwhose namewas Kishthe sonof Abiel,the sonof Zeror,the sonof Becorath,the sonof Aphiah,the sonof a Benjamite,a mightymanof valor.
Now Barzillaiwas veryold,being eightyyearsold;and he had sustainedthe kingwhile he stayedat Mahanaim,for he was a verygreatman.
[Now] there was at the citadelin Susaa Jewwhose namewas Mordecai,the sonof Jair,the sonof Shimei,the sonof Kish,a Benjamite,
His possessionsalso were 7,000sheep,3000camels,500yokeof oxen,500femaledonkeys,and verymanyservants;and that manwas the greatestof allthe menof the east.
"Thenthey askedfor a king,and Godgavethem Saulthe sonof Kish,a manof the tribeof Benjamin,for fortyyears.
So they ranand tookhim from there,and when he stoodamongthe people,he was tallerthananyof the peoplefrom his shouldersupward.
Kish[was] the fatherof Saul,and Nerthe fatherof Abner[was] the sonof Abiel.
Now [there was] a manin Maonwhose businesswas in Carmel;and the manwas veryrich,and he had threethousandsheepand a thousandgoats.And it cameabout while he was shearinghis sheepin Carmel
