Bible Person
Meaning: a lamp; new-tilled land · Male · 14 cross references
Ner is the Benjamite ancestor associated with Abner and the wider kinship network of Saul's house. He appears chiefly in genealogical and family identifications that help explain the political connections around Israel's first king. First appears in 1 Sam 14:50.1
Name meaning
a lamp; new-tilled land
Identity
male
First appears
1 Sam 14:50
AI summary: Ner matters because the cross references preserve the family framework from which Abner and Saul's line emerge. He is not a narrative actor in his own right, but his place in Benjaminite genealogy helps explain the close ties and rivalries shaping the transition from Saul to David. In stories where kinship carries political force, even such brief ancestral figures matter. Taken together, the material presents Ner as a small but useful genealogical anchor in the history of Saul's house.1
Central Figure
Ner
Meaning: a lamp; new-tilled land
Light, the father of Kish (1 Chr.
Siblings
Children
Name meaning
a lamp; new-tilled land
Identity
male
Light, the father of Kish (1 Chr. 8:33). 1 Sam. 14:51 should be read, “Kish, the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abner, were the sons of Abiel.” And hence this Kish and Ner were brothers, and Saul and Abner were first cousins (comp. 1 Chr. 9:36). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
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.