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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Bechorath (Man living at the time of United Monarchy)
Saul's family tree runs through him: son of Aphiah, an early forebear of Kish, Saul's father. The genealogy is there to set out Saul's Benjamite pedigree just before he comes on stage.
Saul's family tree runs through him: son of Aphiah, an early forebear of Kish, Saul's father. The genealogy is there to set out Saul's Benjamite pedigree just before he comes on stage.
Bechorath was an ancestor of King Saul, named in the genealogy of 1 Samuel 9:1 as the son of Aphiah and an early forebear of Kish, Saul's father. The genealogy is given to establish Saul's Benjamite pedigree just before his introduction into the narrative. Nothing beyond this genealogical mention is recorded of him.
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- 1 Samuel 9:1
