1 Samuel 14:51

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 9:1 : 1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.
1 Sam 9:21 : 21 And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou to me after this manner?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Sam 14:49-50
2 verses
83%
49Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchi-shua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the first-born Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
50and the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the captain of his host was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
1 Chr 8:33-34
2 verses
81%
33And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
34And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.
1 Chr 9:39-40
2 verses
80%
39And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
40And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.
1 Chr 9:35-36
2 verses
76%
35And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah:
36and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
1 Sam 9:1
75%
1Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.
2 Sam 2:8
74%
8Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
2 Sam 3:6-7
2 verses
73%
6And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong in the house of Saul.
7Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and [Ish-bosheth] said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?
1 Sam 17:55-58
4 verses
72%
55And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
56And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.
57And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
58And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.
2 Sam 2:12
71%
12And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
1 Chr 8:30
71%
30and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
2 Sam 3:30
70%
30So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
1 Chr 2:12-14
3 verses
70%
12and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse;
13and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,
14Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
1 Chr 6:27-28
2 verses
70%
27Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
28And the sons of Samuel: the first-born, [Joel], and the second Abijah.
1 Chr 2:29
70%
29And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
1 Sam 31:2
69%
2And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
1 Sam 17:12
69%
12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.
1 Chr 2:16-17
2 verses
69%
16and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
17And Abigail bare Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
2 Sam 4:1
69%
1And when [Ish-bosheth], Saul's son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
1 Sam 14:52
69%
52And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
Matt 1:6
68%
6and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat Solomon of her [that had been the wife] of Uriah;
1 Sam 26:14
68%
14and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?
2 Sam 3:37
68%
37So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
1 Sam 17:14
68%
14And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.
1 Chr 7:31
68%
31And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
1 Chr 2:51
68%
51Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
2 Sam 17:25
68%
25And Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
2 Sam 3:3
68%
3and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
1 Chr 5:14
67%
14These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
1 Chr 24:29
67%
29Of Kish; the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.
Num 26:13
67%
13of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
1 Chr 10:2
67%
2And the Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
2 Sam 3:23
67%
23When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
2 Sam 3:17
67%
17And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, In times past ye sought for David to be king over you:
1 Sam 22:11
67%
11Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
1 Chr 11:35
67%
35Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
Ruth 4:22
67%
22and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
1 Chr 26:28
67%
28And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated, whosoever had dedicated anything, it was under the hand of Shelomoth, and of his brethren.
1 Chr 11:32
67%
32Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,