a bow. (1.) A Levite of the family of Merari (1Ch 23:21; 24:29). View

 (2.) A Benjamite of Jerusalem (1Ch 8:30; 9:36). View

 (3.) A Levite in the time of Hezekiah (2Ch 29:12). View

 (4.) The great-grandfather of Mordecai (Est 2:5). View

 (5.) A Benjamite, the son of Abiel, and father of king Saul (1Sa 9:1,3; 10:11,21; 14:51; 2Sa 21:14). All that is recorded of him is that he sent his son Saul in search of his asses that had strayed, and that he was buried in Zelah. Called Cis, Act 13:21 (R.V., Kish). View