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1 Samuel 9:1-2
Lexham English Bible

Saul, the Requested King, Introduced

9 Now there was a man from Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjaminite, a very wealthy man.[a] 2 He had a son whose name was Saul,[b] a young and handsome man. There was not a man from the Israelites[c] more handsome than he was; from his shoulders up, he was taller than all the people.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 9:1 Literally “a man mighty of wealth” or “a man mighty of valor”
  2. 1 Samuel 9:2 The name “Saul” means “the requested one”
  3. 1 Samuel 9:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
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