1 Samuel 14:51

Kish was the father of Saul. For the difficulties of this genealogy, see note on 1 Chronicles 8:33.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Read, “And Kish the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner, were the sons of Abiel.” Ner was Saul’s uncle.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

In this section the editor gives a concluding summary concerning Saul as king, before narrating his deposition in the next chapter. In the editor's e...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jonathan's Exploit. The Battle of Michmash. A Summary of Saul's Reign 3. Ahiah] RV 'Ahijah,' probably merely another form of Ahimelech ( 1 Samuel...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Probably the v. originally ran, 'and Kish the father of Saul and Ner the father of Abner were the sons of Abiel.' Saul and Abner were first cousins....
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The son of Abiel. — For “son” the commentators mostly agree we must read sons. Kish and Ner, we know, were both sons of Abiel. (See 1 Chronicles...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have a picture of Saul, with a part of the army about him, remaining idle in Gibeah. His son Jonathan moved to action by his sense of the deg...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(47) В¶ So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Kish was the father of Saul ,.... See 1 Samuel 9:1 and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel ; this Abiel was the father both of Kish...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Kish [was] the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner [was] the son of Abiel. Ver. 51. And Kish was the father of Saul. ] Hence Saul is c...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The Philistines seemed content to intimidate Israel with their tremendous show of strength, rather than to attack Saul. One man, however, is not to b...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Amalekites Destroyed. B. C. 1067. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Summary Of Saul's Earlier Reign And Its Successes And Of His Close Family ( 1 Samuel 14:47-52 ). Having demonstrated both Saul's partial success...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Further Details About Saul And His Leading General Who Was Related To Him ( 1 Samuel 14:49-52 ). Saul's ancestry was given in 1 Samuel 9:1 . Now...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 14:47 . “So Saul took the kingdom.” “As Saul had first of all secured a recognition of himself as king on the part of all the tribes of I...
Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 14 These were evil days for the people of Israel. But it was in these dark days that Jonathan shone so famous. It is yet true that diffic...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 14:2 . Under a pomegranate tree. רמן Rimmon, a rock in the tribe of Judah. Joshua 15:32 ; Judges 20:47 . This reading agrees best wit...
The Biblical Illustrator

And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people. Great issues hang on a King’s rash word One little sentence, s...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul's Campaigns
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner, the father of Abner, was the son of Abiel.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 9:1 ; 1 Samuel 9:21

⁵¹ And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 14:51

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 14:51