King Saul’s Family Tree

³⁵ Jeiel (the father of^[a] Gibeon) lived in the town of Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah,

The Family of Saul

²⁹ Jeiel^[a] (the father of^[b] Gibeon) lived in the town of Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah, ³⁰ and his oldest son was named Abdon. Jeiel’s other sons were Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner,^[c] Nadab, ³¹ Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah,^{[d] 32} and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeam.^[e] All these families lived near each other in Jerusalem.

³⁸ Azel had six sons: Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.

³⁹ Azel’s brother Eshek had three sons: the first was Ulam, the second was Jeush, and the third was Eliphelet. ⁴⁰ Ulam’s sons were all mighty warriors and expert archers. They had many sons and grandsons—150 in all.

All these were descendants of Benjamin.

⁵⁰ These were all descendants of Caleb.

Descendants of Caleb’s Son Hur

The sons of Hur, the oldest son of Caleb’s wife Ephrathah, were Shobal (the founder of Kiriath-jearim), ⁵¹ Salma (the founder of Bethlehem), and Hareph (the founder of Beth-gader).

⁵² The descendants of Shobal (the founder of Kiriath-jearim) were Haroeh, half the Manahathites,

⁴⁵ The son of Shammai was Maon. Maon was the father of Beth-zur.

²³ (But Geshur and Aram captured the Towns of Jair^[a] and also took Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

²⁴ Soon after Hezron died in the town of Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah gave birth to a son named Ashhur (the father of^[b] Tekoa).