אביאל

• General Notes
  • kish (qish; Kis, Keis, "bow," "power"):  (1) The son of Abiel and the  fatherof Saul, the first king of Israel.  H e was of the tribe of  Benjamin, of the family of the Matrites (1    Samuel  9:1; 14:51;  compare Acts 13:21; 1 Samuel 10:21).According to  1 C 1 Samuel  14:49-51 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan and Ishvi and  Malchi-shua; and the  n ames of his two daughters were these: the  name of the firstborn     Merab an d the name of the younger Michal.  The name of Saul's wife     was Ahinoam th e daughter of Ahimaa