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34 All of these men were family leaders in the Levi tribe and were listed that way in their family records. They lived in Jerusalem.

King Saul's Family

(1 Chronicles 8.29-38)

35 Jeiel had settled the town of Gibeon, where he and his wife Maacah lived. 36 They had ten sons, who were born in the following order: Abdon, Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, 37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth 38 the father of Shimeam. Some of them went to live in Jerusalem near their relatives.

39 Ner was the father of Kish and the grandfather of King Saul.

Saul had four sons: Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.[a] 40-41 Jonathan was the father of Meribbaal,[b] the grandfather of Micah, and the great-grandfather of Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.[c] 42-44 The descendants of Ahaz included Jarah, Alemeth, Azmaveth, Zimri, Moza, Binea, Rephaiah, Eleasah, and Azel and his six sons: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan.

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Footnotes

  1. 9.39 Eshbaal: See the note at 8.33.
  2. 9.40,41 Meribbaal: See the note at 8.34.
  3. 9.40,41 and Ahaz: Most ancient translations and 8.35; the Hebrew text does not have this name.

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