Bible Person
Meaning: God my father · Male · 5 cross references
This Abiel entry refers to the ancestor in Saul's family line, father of Ner and Kish in the broader Benjaminite genealogy. He should be distinguished from other uses of familial terms in the Saul narratives where grandfather and father language can overlap. First appears in 1 Sam 9:1.1
AI summary: This Abiel matters because the cross references preserve him near the root of Saul's household in the genealogies of Benjamin. The textual overlap between father and grandfather language makes his place especially important for understanding the shape of Saul's ancestry. Through his descendants, he stands at the beginning of Israel's first royal family. Taken together, the material presents this Abiel as a foundational ancestor in the genealogy of Saul's house.1
Central Figure
Abiel
Meaning: God my father
The son of Zeror and father of Ner, who was the grandfather of Saul (1 Sam.
Children
The son of Zeror and father of Ner, who was the grandfather of Saul (1 Sam. 14:51; 1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39). In 1 Sam. 9:1, he is called the “father,” probably meaning the grandfather, of Kish. 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.