Bible Person
Meaning: hard; difficult; straw; for age · Male · 3 cross references
This Kish entry refers to the Merarite Levite named in Chronicles, not to Saul's father. He belongs to the internal family structure through which Levitical service is organized and transmitted. First appears in 1 Chr 23:21.1
AI summary: Kish matters because the cross references place him in the genealogy and service-ordering of the Merarites. Even without a narrative episode, his place is part of the careful framework that undergirds temple administration and inherited responsibility among the Levites. Taken together, the material presents this Kish as a Levitical household figure whose line helps sustain the ordered service of the sanctuary.1
Central Figure
Kish
Meaning: hard; difficult; straw; for age
A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr.
A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr. 23:21; 24:29). 3
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.