Every person on the family tree of King Saul
Each person on the family tree of King Saul has a row with the verses that name the relationship.
| Portrait | Person | In the sources | On the chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | AbielGrandfather of Saul | Father of Kish and of Ner by 1 Samuel. | Find on the chart |
| K | KishFather of Saul | A Benjamite and a mighty man of power. | Find on the chart |
| N | NerFather of Abner | Brother of Kish by 1 Samuel, his father by Chronicles. | Find on the chart |
 | AbnerCaptain of the host | Made Ishbosheth king after Saul’s death. | Find on the chart |
 | King SaulFirst king of Israel | Son of Kish, killed in battle with three of his sons. | Find on the chart |
| A | AhinoamWife of Saul | Daughter of Ahimaaz. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
 | RizpahConcubine of Saul | Daughter of Aiah, who watched over her sons’ bodies. | Find on the chart |
| A | ArmoniSon of Rizpah | Handed to the Gibeonites. Sources11 | Find on the chart |
| MR | Mephibosheth, son of RizpahSon of Rizpah | Handed to the Gibeonites. Sources11 | Find on the chart |
 | MerabElder daughter | Given to Adriel the Meholathite. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
 | JonathanEldest son | Killed with his father, the father of Mephibosheth. | Find on the chart |
| A | AbinadabSon of Saul | Killed with his father. | Find on the chart |
| M | MalchishuaSon of Saul | Killed with his father. | Find on the chart |
| I | IshboshethKing of Israel | Called Eshbaal in Chronicles, king for two years. | Find on the chart |
| P | PhaltielSecond husband of Michal | Son of Laish, of Gallim. | Find on the chart |
 | MichalYounger daughter | Wife of David, then of Phaltiel, then of David again. | Find on the chart |
 | King DavidSon-in-law of Saul | Married Michal and reigned after the house of Saul. | Find on the chart |
 | Mephibosheth, son of JonathanGrandson of Saul | Lame from childhood, he ate at David’s table. | Find on the chart |
| M | MichaGreat-grandson of Saul | Called Micah in 1 Chronicles 8:34. | Find on the chart |
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The article is unsigned, so the site stands as author and the date is its last revision. Cite the numbered sources for the facts and the article for the chart. Each reference gives the address of the article.
- APAGenogram Builder. (2026, November 10). The family tree of King Saul, the first king of Israel. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/king-saul-family-tree
- MLA“The Family Tree of King Saul, the First King of Israel.” Genogram Builder, 10 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/history/king-saul-family-tree.
- ChicagoGenogram Builder. “The Family Tree of King Saul, the First King of Israel.” Last modified November 10, 2026. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/king-saul-family-tree.
- HarvardGenogram Builder (2026) The Family Tree of King Saul, the First King of Israel. Available at: https://genogrambuilder.org/history/king-saul-family-tree (Accessed: 10 November 2026).
The files are drawn in this browser from the chart of the article, with the credit of every portrait under it.
Sources
Every source of this family tree of King Saul was opened on 10 November 2026. The King James Version spells several names in more than one way, such as Melchishua and Malchishua.
Bible Gateway
- 1 Samuel 9, King James Version
- 1 Samuel 14, King James Version
- 1 Samuel 18, King James Version
- 1 Samuel 25, King James Version
- 1 Samuel 31, King James Version
- 2 Samuel 2, King James Version
- 2 Samuel 3, King James Version
- 2 Samuel 4, King James Version
- 2 Samuel 6, King James Version
- 2 Samuel 9, King James Version
- 2 Samuel 21, King James Version
- 1 Chronicles 8, King James Version
- 1 Chronicles 9, King James Version
- Acts 13, King James Version
- 2 Samuel 21:8, New International Version, with its footnote
Portrait credits
Each name leads to the file on Wikimedia Commons. The portraits in the article are in the public domain or under CC0.
- King Saul, Rembrandt or workshop, 1650.
- Jonathan, Rembrandt, 1642.
- Abner, Illuminators of the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible, 1560.
- Rizpah, Illuminators of the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible, 1560.
- Merab, Jean Marie Delattre, 1794.
- Michal, James Tissot, 1896.
- King David, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622.
- Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, Unknown author, 1240.
- Saul and David, by Rembrandt or his workshop, about 1650 to 1670. The king listens to the young harper who would marry his daughter, Rembrandt or workshop, about 1650 to 1670.
