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("bow".)
1. Saul's father, son of Abiel, of Benjamin, brother of Abner (-21; ). passes over many intermediate links between Saul and Ner, the son of Abi (the father) of Gibeon.
2. A descendant of Benjamin, of the family of Gibeon, distinct from Saul's father ().
3. A Merarite Levite, son of Abdi, in Hezekiah's days; sanctified himself to cleanse the temple (). The Levitical house under its chief, rather than an individual, is meant here by Kish.
4. KISH or KISHI, ancestor of Ethan the minstrel (; ) KISH or KUSHAIAH.
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