Abiel

The father of Kish and Ner and grandfather of King Saul, according to 1 Samuel 9:1 and 14:51. Other lists of ancestors in 1 Chronicles list Ner, instead of Abiel, as Kish’s father and Saul’s grandfather (1 Chronicles 8:33; 9:39). This confusion is either because of a copyist’s error or because Saul may have had two relatives named Ner, a great-grandfather and an uncle.

A warrior among David’s mighty men who were known as “the thirty” (1 Chronicles 11:32). He is also called Abi-albon the Arbathite (2 Samuel 23:31).