Difference between revisions of "Kish"

<p> ("bow".) </p> <p> '''1.''' Saul's father, son of Abiel, of Benjamin, brother of [[Abner]] (&nbsp;1 Samuel 9:1-21; &nbsp;1 Samuel 14:51). &nbsp;1 Chronicles 8:33 passes over many intermediate links between Saul and Ner, the son of [[Abi]] (the father) of Gibeon. </p> <p> '''2.''' A descendant of Benjamin, of the family of Gibeon, distinct from Saul's father (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 8:30). </p> <p> '''3.''' A [[Merarite]] Levite, son of Abdi, in Hezekiah's days; sanctified himself to cleanse the temple (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 29:12). The [[Levitical]] house under its chief, rather than an individual, is meant here by Kish. </p> <p> '''4.''' &nbsp;1 Chronicles 23:21 KISH or KISHI, ancestor of [[Ethan]] the minstrel (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:44; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 15:17) KISH or KUSHAIAH. </p> <p> '''5.''' &nbsp;Esther 2:5. </p>

<li> A Benjamite, the son of Abiel, and father of king Saul (&nbsp;1 Samuel 9:1,3; &nbsp;10:11,21; &nbsp;14:51; &nbsp;2 Samuel 21:14 ). All that is recorded of him is that he sent his son Saul in search of his asses that had strayed, and that he was buried in Zelah. Called Cis, &nbsp;Acts 13:21 (RSV, Kish). <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Kish'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/k/kish.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> (Heb. id. קַישׁ '','' a ''Trap,'' otherwise a ''Horn;'' Sept. Κείς or Κίς, N.T. Κίς, Auth. Vers. " Cis," &nbsp;Acts 13:21), the name of five men. </p> <p> '''1.''' The second of the two sons of Mahli (grandson of Levi); his sons married their cousins, heiresses of his brother [[Eleazar]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 23:21-22). One of these sons was named [[Jerahmeel]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 24:29). B.C. cir. 1658. </p> <p> '''2.''' A Benjamite of [[Jerusalem]] (i.e. the northern neighborhood of Jebus), third named of the sons of Jehiel (of Gibeon) by [[Maachah]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 8:30; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:36). B.C. apparently cir. 1618. </p> <p> '''3.''' A wealthy and powerful Benjamite, son of Ner (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 8:33; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:39), and father of king Saul (&nbsp;1 Samuel 9:3; &nbsp;1 Samuel 10:11; &nbsp;1 Samuel 10:21; &nbsp;1 Samuel 14:51; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:39; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 12:1; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 26:28). He was thus the grandson (&nbsp;1 Samuel 9:1, " son" [q.v.]) of Abiel (q.v.). (See [[Ner]]). No incident is mentioned respecting him excepting his sending Saul in search of the strayed asses (&nbsp;1 Samuel 9:3), and that he was buried in [[Zelah]] (&nbsp;2 Samuel 21:14). B.C. 1093. In &nbsp;Acts 13:21 he is called CIs. See SAUL. </p> <p> '''4.''' A [[Levite]] of the family of Merari, son of Abdi, and one of those who assisted Hezekiah in restoring the true religion (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 29:12). B.C. 726. </p> <p> '''5.''' A Benjamite, the father of Shimei, and greatgrandfather of Mordecai (&nbsp;Esther 2:5). B.C. considerably ante 598. </p>