8:33 Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal. 1
9:39 Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal. 2
12:29 From Benjamin, Saul’s tribe, 6 there were 3,000, most of whom, up to that time, had been loyal to Saul. 7
1 sn Eshbaal is called “Ishbosheth” in 2 Sam 2:8.
2 sn Eshbaal is called “Ishbosheth” in 2 Sam 2:8.
3 tn Heb “stuck close after.”
4 tn Heb “the Philistines.” The translation has substituted the pronoun “they” to avoid redundancy.
5 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “from the sons of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul.”
7 tn Heb “and until then, the majority of them were keeping the charge of the house of Saul.”