And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
Ner begat Kish. The father of Ner, though not mentioned here, is stated, 1 Chronicles 9:35, to have been Jehiel. Moreover, the father of Kish is said, 1 Samuel 9:1, to have been Abiel, the son of Zeror; whence it would seem that Abiel and Ner were names of the same person.
And Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua (king of help).
And Abinadab - the same as Ishui (1 Samuel 14:49). He occupied a place in the family intermediate between Jonathan and Malchi-shua; and as his name is omitted both here and in 1 Chronicles 9:1-44, as well as in 1 Samuel 31:2, where Abinadab has the middle position assigned to him, it is concluded they refer to the same.
And Esh-baal - popularly called х 'iysh (H376) boshet (H1322)] man of shame, or, according to Gesenius, bashful. Others, however, are of opinion that, as he was born after Saul had departed from the Lord, the name given to this youngest son indicates that his father had apostatized to the worship of Baal, and hence, Ishbosheth, a man of shame-that Hebrew word, bosheth (H1322), being always applied by the sacred penmen-especially the prophets-to denote an idol, as exposing the devotee to shame, as well as being an abomination to the Lord (cf. Judges 6:32).