1 Chronicles 8:33

Genealogy from King Saul

33 ¹Ner became the father of Kish, and Kish became the father of Saul, and Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab and Eshbaal.

1 Chronicles 8:33 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 8:33

And Ner begat Kish
Who also is called Abiel, as the Targum here adds; for Ner had two names, as other Jewish writers likewise say ^F18, see ( 1 Samuel 9:1 ) ,

and Kish begat Saul;
the first king of Israel, for whose sake chiefly the genealogy of Benjamin is revised and enlarged in this chapter:

and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal,
see ( 1 Samuel 31:2 ) . Abinadab is called Ishui, ( 1 Samuel 14:49 ) and Eshbaal is the same with Ishbosheth, ( 2 Samuel 2:8 2 Samuel 2:10 ) , so Baal and Bosheth are used of the same idol of which they are names, ( Hosea 9:10 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Vajikra Rabba, sect. 9. fol. 152. 4.

1 Chronicles 8:33 In-Context

31 Gedor, Ahio and Zecher.

32 Mikloth became the father of Shimeah. And they also lived with their relatives in Jerusalem opposite their other relatives.

33 Ner became the father of Kish, and Kish became the father of Saul, and Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab and Eshbaal.

34 The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal, and Merib-baal became the father of Micah.

35 The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech, Tarea and Ahaz.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Chronicles 9:39-44

Footnotes

• [a]. 1 Sam 14:49, "Ishvi"
• [b]. In 2 Sam 2:8, "Ish-bosheth"