Bible Person

Laish

Meaning: a lion · Male · 2 cross references

Laish is the father of Phalti, the man to whom Saul gives Michal after separating her from David. He appears through a family connection tied to one of the more painful personal episodes in David's life. First appears in 1 Sam 25:44.1

AI summary: Laish matters because the cross references place his house behind Phalti and therefore inside the tangle of Saul's manipulation, David's losses, and the later undoing of that marriage arrangement. Though Laish himself is not a public actor, his name anchors the relationship in a real family line. Taken together, the material presents Laish as the paternal background to a household caught up in the political and emotional fallout of Saul's reign.1

Central Figure

Laish

Meaning: a lion

The father of Phalti (1 Sam.

Children