KISH
a bow. (1.) A Levite of the family of Merari (1-Chr 23:21;24:29). (2.) A Benjamite of Jerusalem (1-Chr 8:30;9:36). (3.) A Levite in the time of Hezekiah (2-Chr 29:12). (4.) The great-grandfather of Mordecai (Esther 2:5). (5.) A Benjamite, the son of Abiel, and father of king Saul (1-Sam 9:1, 1-Sam 9: 3;10:11, 10: 21;14:51; 2-Sam 21:14). All that is recorded of him is that he sent his son S......
KISHION
hardness, a city of Issachar assigned to the Gershonite Levites (Josh. 19:20), the same as Kishon (21:28). ......
KISHON
winding, a winter torrent of Central Palestine, which rises about the roots of Tabor and Gilboa, and passing in a northerly direction through the plains of Esdraelon and Acre, falls into the Mediterranean at the north-eastern corner of the bay of Acre, at the foot of Carmel. It is the drain by which the waters of the plain of Esdraelon and of the mountains that surround it find their way to the se......