John Gill Commentary 1 Chronicles 8:33

"And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal." — 1 Chronicles 8:33 (ASV)

And Ner begat Kish
Who also is called Abiel, as the Targum here adds; for Ner had two names, as other Jewish writers likewise say ^F18 , see (1 Samuel 9:1) ,

and Kish begat Saul ;
the first king of Israel, for whose sake chiefly the genealogy of Benjamin is revised and enlarged in this chapter:

and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal ,
see (1 Samuel 31:2) . Abinadab is called Ishui, (1 Samuel 14:49) and Eshbaal is the same with Ishbosheth, (2 Samuel 2:8 2 Samuel 2:10) , so Baal and Bosheth are used of the same idol of which they are names, (Hosea 9:10) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F18: Vajikra Rabba, sect. 9. fol. 152. 4.