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1. Aikakirja 8:33

Ja Neerille syntyi Kiis, Kiisille syntyi Saul, ja Saulille syntyi Joonatan, Malkisua, Abinadab ja Esbaal.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ish-Bosheth;   Melchishua;   Ner;   Saul;   Thompson Chain Reference - Saul, King of Israel;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Eshbaal;   Zimri;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abiel;   Eshbaal;   Ish-Bosheth;   Malchi-Shua;   Ner;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abiel;   Esh-Baal;   Ishbosheth;   Ishui;   Jerubbaal;   Kish;   Malchishua;   Mephibosheth;   Ner;   Saul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Canaan, History and Religion of;   Esh-Baal;   Gibeah;   Gibeon;   History;   Ish-Bosheth;   Kish;   Malchishua;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Baal;   Baal (1);   Chronicles, I;   Ishbosheth;   Sheariah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abiel ;   Eshbaal ;   Ishbosheth ;   Kish;   Malchishua, Melchishua ;   Ner;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jonathan;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Esh-Ba'al;   Mal'chi-Shu'a;   Ner;   Obadi'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abinadab;   Abner;   Ahio;   Baal (1);   David;   Ish-Bosheth;   Jerubbesheth;   Jonathan (2);   Kish;   Malchi-Shua;   Ner;   Saul;   Text of the Old Testament;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abiel;   Abinadab;   Abner;   Ba'al and Ba'al-Worship;   Bosheth;   Ish-Bosheth;   Jonathan, Jehonathan;   Kish;   Names of God;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ner: 1 Chronicles 9:39, 1 Samuel 9:1, 1 Samuel 14:50, 1 Samuel 14:51

Kish: 1 Samuel 9:1, Acts 13:21, Cis

Saul: 1 Samuel 14:49, 1 Samuel 31:2

Abinadab: 1 Samuel 14:49, Ishui

Eshbaal: 2 Samuel 2:8, 2 Samuel 4:12, Ish-bosheth

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 9:36 - Kish 1 Chronicles 10:2 - Jonathan 1 Chronicles 12:1 - Saul

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 r, 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, so Baal and Bosheth are used of the same idol of which they are names, Hosea 9:10.

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

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This verse combined with 1 Chronicles 9:35-39, seems to show that the genealogy of Saul was:




Abiel (= Jehiel?)




Ner








Kish Abner




Saul



Rather than that to be inferred from 1 Samuel 9:1; 1 Samuel 14:50-51.

In 1 Samuel 14:49 note, it is concluded that Saul’s second son bore the two names of “Ishui” and “Abinadab.” But the order of the names here:

(1) Jonathan;

(2) Malchi-shua; and

(3) Abinadab - suggests another explanation, namely, that Ishui, the second son, died young, and that Abinadab was really the fourth son.

Esh-baal - Previous to the introduction of the Phoenician Baal-worship into Israel by Ahab, the word “Baal” בעל ba‛al had no bad sense in Hebrew, but was simply an equivalent of the more ordinary אל 'êl, “God” (1 Chronicles 3:1 note). Hence, there is nothing strange in the use at this time of the names, “Esh-baal” (“man of God”), “Baal,” “Beel-iada,” “Merib-baal,” etc. Later on such names became offensive to pious ears, and were changed for the better, or for the worse, “Beel-iada” becoming “El-iada” (“let God aid”) - “Esh-baal,” “Ish-bo-sheth” (“man of shame”) - “Merib-baal,” “Mephi-bosheth;” and the like.


 
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