Ner
A kinsman of Saul in the tribe of Benjamin, and the father of Abner, Saul's commander. The genealogies of Chronicles set him in the family of Kish, and his name is remembered chiefly through his son, who held Saul's kingdom together after Gilboa and then delivered it to David.
What we know — and how we know it
Where in scripture
1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings1 ChroniclesThe name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the captain of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.
1 Samuel 14:50 — Father of Abner
Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
1 Samuel 14:51
Then David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David saw the place where Saul lay, with Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army. Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped around him.
1 Samuel 26:5
and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, “Don’t you answer, Abner?” Then Abner answered, “Who are you who cries to the king?”
1 Samuel 26:14
Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
2 Samuel 2:8
Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
2 Samuel 2:12
When Joab and all the army who was with him had come, they told Joab, “Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he has gone in peace.”
2 Samuel 3:23
You know Abner the son of Ner. He came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.”
2 Samuel 3:25
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.