Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'kish' occurs 25 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'kish' in the standard works and contain 60% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 9:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

 9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.

 9:2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

 9:3 And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.




1 Chr. 8:33 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 9:39 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 24:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 23:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 1:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 21 10 31
Lev. 0 1 1
Josh. 0 2 2
Judg. 0 4 4
1 Sam. 6 0 6
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 0 1 1
1 Chr. 12 1 13
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 0 1 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 4 50 54
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 25 60 85

1 Sam. 9:1
Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.

1 Sam. 9:3
And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.

1 Sam. 10:11
And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?

1 Sam. 10:21
When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.

1 Sam. 14:51
And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.