1 Chronicles 8:33

“And Ner begat Kish, etc.] Who also is called Abiel, as the Targum here adds; for Ner had two names, as other Jewish writers likewise say f66, (see <090901>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 <093102>1 Samuel 31:2). Abinadab is called Ishui, (<091449>1 Samuel 14:49) and Eshbaal is the same with Ishbosheth, (<100208>2 Samuel 2:8,10), so Baal and Bosheth are used of the same idol of which they are names, (<280910>Hosea 9:10).”

“STOCK OF SAUL AND JONATHAN. (Ch1 8:33-40) Ner begat Kish--The father of Ner, though not mentioned here, is stated (Ch1 9:35) to have been Jehiel. Moreover, the father of Kish is said (Sa1 9:1) to have been Abiel, the son of Zeror, whence it would seem that Abiel and Ner were names of the same person. Abinadab--the same as Ishui (Sa1 14:49). Esh-baal--that is, Ish-bosheth.”

“This verse combined with 1 Chronicles 9:35-39, seems to show that the genealogy of Saul was: Abiel (= Jehiel?) Ner Kish Abner Saul Rather than that to be inferred from 1 Samuel 9:1; 1 Samuel 14:50-51. In 1 Samuel 14:49 note, it is concluded that Saul’s second son bore the two names of “Ishui” and “Abinadab.” But the order of the names here: (1) Jonathan; (2) Malchi-shua; and (3) Abinadab - suggests another explanation, namely, that Ishui, the second son, died young, and that Abinadab was really the fourth son. Esh-baal - Previous to the introduction of the Phoenician Baal-worship into Israel by Ahab, the word “Baal” בעל ba‛al had no bad sense in Hebrew, but was simply an equivalent of the…”

“8:33-40 The Chronicler concludes his record of Benjamin’s history with the genealogy of Saul, beginning two generations before Saul and extending through Merib-baal (=Mephibosheth; see study note on 2 Sam 4:4) and down to the families of Azel and Eshek (1 Chr 8:38-40). Micah (8:35) lived in the time of Solomon, and Ulam (8:39) lived near the end of the kingdom of Judah before the destruction of Jerusalem. Thus, Saul is connected with his larger tribal history and with a noble heritage that carried on throughout the kingdom period.”

“Ner: Ch1 9:39; Sa1 9:1, Sa1 14:50, Sa1 14:51 Kish: Sa1 9:1; Act 13:21, Cis Saul: Sa1 14:49, Sa1 31:2 Abinadab: Sa1 14:49, Ishui Eshbaal: Sa2 2:8, Sa2 4:12, Ish-bosheth 1 Chronicles 8:34”