This document is about Kish (Saul's Father). For other homonyms, refer to the Kish document.
He belonged to the tribe of Benjamin and was the father of Saul (king).
Acts 13:21Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
He appears to have been a man of considerable influence at the time.
1 Sam 9:1There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
He had a base in the Gibeah region.
1 Sam 10:26Saul also went home to Gibeah, and with him went valiant men whose hearts God had touched.
He lost several donkeys and sent his son Saul to find them, and in the process, Saul met Samuel.
1 Sam 9:3Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, had strayed. And Kish said to his son Saul, "Take one of the servants with you, and arise, go and look for the donkeys."1 Sam 9:4And he passed through the hill country of Ephraim and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they did not find them. Then they passed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he passed through the land of the Benjamites.