Reference: Abiel
Easton
father (i.e., "possessor") of God = "pious."
(1.) The son of Zeror and father of Ner, who was the grandfather of Saul (1Sa 14:51; 1Ch 8:33; 9:39). In 1Sa 9:1, he is called the "father," probably meaning the grandfather, of Kish.
(2.) An Arbathite, one of David's warriors (1Ch 11:32); called also Abi-albon (2Sa 23:31).
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And there will be a man of Benjamin, and his name Kish, son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Bechorah, son of Aphiah, son of a man, a Jaminite, a man of strength.
Fausets
("father of strength".)
1. Father of Kish and of Ner; grandfather of Saul and of Abner, according to 1Sa 9:1; 14:51. But Abiel seems to have had "Ner" as his second name (1Ch 8:33; 9:35,39, where Abiel is also called Jehiel and Saul is represented as his great grandson). Probably in 1 Samuel a link in the genealogy is omitted, as often elsewhere.
2. 1Ch 11:32; named Abi-Albon (of the same meaning) 2Sa 23:31.
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And there will be a man of Benjamin, and his name Kish, son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Bechorah, son of Aphiah, son of a man, a Jaminite, a man of strength.
And there will be a man of Benjamin, and his name Kish, son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Bechorah, son of Aphiah, son of a man, a Jaminite, a man of strength.
And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-Shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-Shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
And in Gibeon they dwelt, the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, and the name of his wife Maachah
And in Gibeon they dwelt, the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, and the name of his wife Maachah
And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Esh-Baal.
And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Esh-Baal.
Hastings
1. Father of Kish and Ner, and grandfather of Saul (1Sa 9:1; 14:51). The latter passage should run, 'Kish, the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner, were sons of Abiel.' 2. One of David's heroes (1Ch 11:32), from Beth-arabah in the wilderness of Judah (Jos 15:6,61; 18:22). Abi-albon (2Sa 23:31) is a transcriber's error, the eye having fallen on albon below: some codices of the Septuagint have Abiel: possibly the original was Abibaal.
J. Taylor.
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And the bound went up to the house of Hoglah, and passed over from the north of the house of Arabah; and the bound went up to the stone of Bohan, son of Reuben:
And there will be a man of Benjamin, and his name Kish, son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Bechorah, son of Aphiah, son of a man, a Jaminite, a man of strength.
Morish
A'biel
1. Father of Kish and of Ner and grandfather of Saul and of Abner. That this is the most probable genealogy is confirmed by Ner being said to be Saul's uncle, 1Sa 9:1; 14:50-51; though in 1Ch 8:33; 9:39, Saul is said to be the son of Kish, the son of Ner. This Ner may have been an earlier ancestor; and here Abiel is not named at all. It was not unusual to leave out many names in the genealogies.
2. One of David's mighty men, 1Ch 11:32; he is called Abi-Albon in 2Sa 23:31.
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And there will be a man of Benjamin, and his name Kish, son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Bechorah, son of Aphiah, son of a man, a Jaminite, a man of strength.
And the name of Saul's wife Ahinoam, daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the chief of his army, Abner, son of Ner, Saul's uncle. And Kish the father of Saul: and Ner the father of Abner, son of Abiel.
And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-Shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Esh-Baal.