1 Samuel 9:1

New Living Translation

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:32

He was very old—eighty years of age—and very wealthy. He was the one who had provided food for the king during his stay in Mahanaim.

Esther 2:5

At that time there was a Jewish man in the fortress of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair. He was from the tribe of Benjamin and was a descendant of Kish and Shimei.

Job 1:3

He owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 teams of oxen, and 500 female donkeys. He also had many servants. He was, in fact, the richest person in that entire area.

Acts 13:21

Then the people begged for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who reigned for forty years.

1 Samuel 10:23

So they found him and brought him out, and he stood head and shoulders above anyone else.

1 Samuel 14:51

Saul’s father, Kish, and Abner’s father, Ner, were both sons of Abiel.

1 Samuel 25:2

There was a wealthy man from Maon who owned property near the town of Carmel. He had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats, and it was sheep-shearing time.