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People of the Bible

Kish

also called Cis

Family

Father
Abiel
Mother
Maachah
Brothers and sisters
Abdon, Ahio, Baal, Gedor, Mikloth, Nadab, Ner, Zacher, Zur
Children
Saul

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

A Benjamite, the son of Abiel, and father of king Saul (1 Sam. 9:1, 3; 10:11, 21; 14:51; 2 Sam. 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, Acts 13:21 (R.V., Kish).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 13 verses

1 Samuel
9:1, 9:3, 10:11, 10:21, 14:51
2 Samuel
21:14
1 Chronicles
8:30, 8:33, 9:36, 9:39, 12:1, 26:28
Acts
13:21

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.