1 Samuel 14:50

Abner the son of Ner Saul's uncle Grammatically, "Saul's uncle" might refer either to Abner or to Ner, but it is almost certain that it must refer to the latter, so that Saul and Abner were first cousins. 1 Samuel 14:51 should be read, according to Josephus, "And Kish the father of Saul and Ner the father of Abner were sons of Abiel." It is true that the genealogies in 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39 make Ner the grandfather of Saul and consequently Abner Saul's uncle: but (a) Ner is not mentioned among Saul's ancestors in ch. 1 Samuel 9:1, and (b) it is difficult to suppose that Abner who was in full vigour for seven years after Saul's death (2 Samuel 2:3) could have belonged to the generation above him. There is probably some confusion of the names in Chronicles.