NER

ner (ner, "lamp"): Father of Abner (1 Samuel 14:50 f; 1 Samuel 26:5,14, etc.); grandfather of Saul (1 Chronicles 8:33). Other references, though adding no further information are 2 Samuel 2:8,12; 3:23,25; 28:37; 1 Kings 2:5,32, etc.

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.