1 Samuel 14:50
The name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz; the captain of his army was Abner, the son of Ner, brother of Saul's father.
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51Kish, the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abner, were sons of Abiel.
Cross References
1 Samuel 10:14And Saul's father's brother said to him and his servant, Where have you been? And he said, Searching for the asses: and when we saw no sign of them, we came to Samuel.
1 Samuel 26:5And David got up and came to the place where Saul's tents were: and David had a view of the place where Saul was sleeping with Abner, the son of Ner, the captain of his army: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts, and the tents of the people were all round him.
2 Samuel 3:6Now while there was war between Saul's people and David's people, Abner was making himself strong among the supporters of Saul.
2 Samuel 3:38And the king said to his servants, Do you not see that a chief and a great man has come to his end today in Israel?
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 14:48-52
The Amalekites Destroyed. ( b. c. 1067.) 47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them. 48 And he gathered a host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. 49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his… Read the whole commentary →