9 Now there happened to be a man of Benjamin, and his name was Kish,+ the son of A·biʹel, the son of Zeʹror, the son of Be·coʹrath, the son of A·phiʹah, a Benʹja·min·ite,*+ a man mighty in wealth.+

39 As for Ner,+ he became father to Kish;+ Kish, in turn, became father to Saul;+ Saul, in turn, became father to Jonʹa·than+ and Malʹchi-shuʹa+ and A·binʹa·dab+ and Esh·baʹal.+

21 But from then on they demanded a king,+ and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin,+ for forty years.