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Ner

Mentioned 1199–1013 BC traditional (Jones)

Light, the father of Kish (1 Chr. 8:33). 1 Sam. 14:51 should be read, “Kish, the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abner, were the sons of Abiel.” And hence this Kish and Ner were brothers, and Saul and Abner were first cousins (comp. 1 Chr. 9:36).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Abiel
Mother
Maachah
Child
Abner
Siblings
Abdon, Ahio, Baal, Gedor, Kish, Mikloth, Nadab, Zacher, 1 more
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14 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Places

Places named in the same verses as Ner, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. possible location: Mahanaim2
  2. likely location: Gibeon1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1245–967 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 4 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

14 tagged verses in 4 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. 1 Samuel4
  2. 2 Samuel6
  3. 1 Kings2
  4. 1 Chronicles2

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBNer 16
KJVNer 16
ASVNer 16

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Every verse

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1 Samuel4 verses
  1. 14:50

    His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.

  2. 14:51

    Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.

  3. 26:5

    Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.

  4. 26:14

    And David shouted to the troops and to Abner son of Ner, “Will you not answer me, Abner?” “Who are you who calls to the king?” Abner replied.

2 Samuel6 verses
  1. 2:8

    Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,

  2. 2:12

    One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  3. 3:23

    When Joab and all his troops arrived, he was informed, “Abner son of Ner came to see the king, who sent him on his way in peace.”

  4. 3:25

    Surely you realize that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you and to track your movements and all that you are doing.”

  5. 3:28

    Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.

  6. 3:37

    So on that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.

1 Kings2 verses
  1. 2:5

    Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.

  2. 2:32

    The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

1 Chronicles2 verses
  1. 9:36

    Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

  2. 26:28

    Everything that had been dedicated by Samuel the seer, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, along with everything else that was dedicated, was under the care of Shelomith and his brothers.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

Light, the father of Kish (1 Chr. 8:33). 1 Sam. 14:51 should be read, “Kish, the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abner, were the sons of Abiel.” And hence this Kish and Ner were brothers, and Saul and Abner were first cousins (comp. 1 Chr. 9:36).