|my father took knowledge,| a son of Midian   (Genesis 25:4; )

ABIEL

a'-bi-el, ab'-yel, a-bi'-el ('abhi'el, "my father is God," or "God is father"):

1. A descendant of Benjamin the son of Jacob. Father of Kish the father of King Saul, and also, apparently, the father of Ner the father of Saul's general, Abner (1 Samuel 9:1; 14:51).
2. One of David's mighty men (1 Chronicles 11:32), called ABI-ALBON, which see, in 2 Samuel 23:31.