REFERENCE SAUL'S RELATIVES
I Samuel 9:1-2 [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. [9:2] And he had a son, whose name was Saul , a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people. (Kish was Saul's father ; Abiel, father of Ner & Kish, was Saul's grandfather; Zeror was Saul's great grandfather )
I Samuel 14:49, I Samuel 31:2, I Chronicles 10:2 I Samuel [14:49] Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: (Jonathan, Ishui, and Melchishua Saul's sons, Merab, Saul's firstborn daughter, and Michal, Saul's younger daughter ) [31:2] And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul's sons. [I Chronicles 10:2] And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. (Saul's sons were Jonathan, Ishui also called Abinidab, & Melchishua)
I Samuel 14:50 And 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. (Ahinoam, Saul's wife ; Ahimaaz, the father of Ahinoam, i.e., Saul's father-in-law ; Abner, Saul's cousin , the son of Ner & captain of Saul's army; Ner, Saul's uncle, father of Abner, & brother of Kish )
I Samuel 14:51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel . (Kish, father of Saul & brother of Ner; Ner was Saul's uncle ; Abner was Saul's cousin ; and Abiel was Saul's grandfather )
I Samuel 18:19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife. (Meram was Saul's daughter ; and Adriel was Saul's son-in-law . Also see II Samuel 21:8 below.)
II Samuel 2:8 But Abner the son of Ner , captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; (Abner was Saul's cousin ; Ner was Saul's uncle ; and Ishbosheth was Saul's son, but by whom?)
II Samuel 2:10 Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
II Samuel 4:4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth. (Jonathan was Saul's son ; Mephibosheth was Saul's grandson )
II Samuel 9:12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth. (Micha was Saul's grandson )
II Samuel 21:8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: (Rizpah was Saul's wife who bare Saul's sons Armoni & Miphibosheth; Michal was Saul's daughter ; Saul also had five grandchildren by Adriel, who had married Sula's daughter Meriab. See I Samuel 18:19 above)
I Chronicles 9:35 And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah , (Jehiel was Saul's great grandfather; Maachah was Saul's great grandmother)
I Chronicles 9:36 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner , and Nadab, (Ner was Saul's grandfather)
I Chronicles 9:39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. (This Ner (also may have been called Abiel in I Samuel 9:1) was Saul's grandfather ; Kish was Saul's father ; Jonothan, Malchishua (Melchishua), Abinidab, & Eshbaal were Saul's sons )
I Chronicles 9:40 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal : and Meribbaal begat Micah . (Jonathan was Saul's son; Meribaal was Saul's grandson; Micah was Saul's great grandson)
Esther 2:5 Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite; (It seems that Mordecai was the grandson of Saul's brother.)