Kish קִישׁ

Saul's father. Kish was a Benjamite, the father of Saul, who was anointed by Samuel as the first king of Israel.

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Also called Cis.

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Where Kish appears

1 Chronicles (6), 1 Samuel (5), 2 Samuel (1), Acts (1)

Key verses

• 1 Samuel 9:1 first mention — Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
• 1 Samuel 9:3 — And the asses of Kish Saul’s father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.
• 1 Samuel 10:11 — And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
• 1 Samuel 10:21 — When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.
• 1 Samuel 14:51 — And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
• 2 Samuel 21:14 — And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
• 1 Chronicles 8:33 — And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
• 1 Chronicles 9:36 — And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
• 1 Chronicles 9:39 — And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
• 1 Chronicles 12:1 — Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
• 1 Chronicles 26:28 — And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.
• Acts 13:21 — And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.