Abiel

Abiel is a man living at the time of the united monarchy, from the tribe of Benjamin. He is named in 6 verses of the Bible, first in 1 Samuel 9:1.

Family

Verses

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 9:1
  Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.
• 1 Samuel 14:51
  And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 8:29
  And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name was Maachah:Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah,
• 1 Chronicles 8:33
  And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi–shua, and Abinadab, and Esh–baal.Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
• 1 Chronicles 9:35
  And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah:Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah.
• 1 Chronicles 9:39
  And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi–shua, and Abinadab, and Esh–baal.Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.