1 Samuel 9:1

1 Ora, havia um homem de Benjamim, cujo nome era Quis, filho de Abiel, filho de Zeror, filho de Becorate, filho de Afias, filho dum benjamita; era varão forte e valoroso.

1 Samuel 9:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 9:1

Now there was a man of Benjamin
Of the tribe of Benjamin, which had its name from the youngest son of Jacob, and one of this tribe was the first king of Israel:

whose name was Kish:
whom the apostle calls Cis, ( Acts 13:21 ) , and Josephus ^F9 Cises; his name, according to Hillerus ^F11, signifies "ensnared"; for what reason it was given him is not certain:

the son of Abiel;
in ( 1 Chronicles 8:33 ) ( 9:39 ) , he is called Ner that begat Kish; and in this book, ( 1 Samuel 14:50 1 Samuel 14:51 ) Ner and Kish are represented as brethren, the sons of Abiel: to reconcile this, it may be observed, that Ner being the elder brother, on the death of his father Abiel, had the care and bringing up of his younger brother Kish; and therefore when he is said to beget him, the meaning is, not that he was the parent of him, but the bringer up of him; or rather, as Kimchi thinks, Abiel had two sons, one of which was Ner; and that he had two sons, one that was called after his own name Ner, who was the father of Abner; and the other Kish, the father of Saul:

the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite;
of these persons we nowhere else read:

a mighty man of power;
not a man of riches, or of authority, neither a wealthy man, nor a magistrate, for his family was mean and contemptible, ( 1 Samuel 9:21 ) ( 10:27 ) but a man of great strength, an able bodied man, and of great natural fortitude, and courage of mind.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Antiqu. l. 6. c. 4. sect. 1.
F11 Onomastic. Sacr. p. 405.

1 Samuel 9:1 In-Context

1 Ora, havia um homem de Benjamim, cujo nome era Quis, filho de Abiel, filho de Zeror, filho de Becorate, filho de Afias, filho dum benjamita; era varão forte e valoroso.

2 Tinha este um filho, chamado Saul, jovem e tão belo que entre os filhos de Israel não havia outro homem mais belo de que ele; desde os ombros para cima sebressaía em altura a todo o povo.

3 Tinham-se perdido as jumentas de Quis, pai de Saul; pelo que disse Quis a Saul, seu filho: Toma agora contigo um dos moços, levanta-te e vai procurar as jumentas.

4 Passaram, pois, pela região montanhosa de Efraim, como também pela terra e Salisa, mas não as acharam; depois passaram pela terra de Saalim, porém tampouco estavam ali; passando ainda pela terra de Benjamim, não as acharam.

5 Vindo eles, então, � terra de Zufe, Saul disse para o moço que ia com ele: Vem! Voltemos, para que não suceda que meu pai deixe de inquietar-se pelas jumentas e se aflija por causa de nós.