Topic
Abihail
7 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Numbers 3:35Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. Father of Zuriel
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
- 1 Chronicles 2:29Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 4. Wife of Abishur
And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
- 2 Chronicles 11:18Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. The second wife of Rehoboam
¶ And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
- Esther 2:15Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Father of Esther
¶ Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther…
- 1 Chronicles 5:14Easton · Smith · ISBE
These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
- 2 Chronicles 11:19ISBE · Nave 2. The second wife of Rehoboam
Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
- Esther 9:29Smith · ISBE
Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 5 references
Father of might. (1.) Num. 3:35. (2.) 1 Chr. 2:29. (3.) 1 Chr. 5:14.
(4.) The second wife of King Rehoboam (2 Chr. 11:18), a descendant of Eliab, David’s eldest brother.
(5.) The father of Esther and uncle of Mordecai (Esther 2:15).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 6 references
- Father of Zuriel, chief of the Levitical father of Merari, a contemporary of Moses. (Numbers 3:35) (B.C. 1490.)
- Wife of Abishur. (1 Chronicles 2:29)
- Son of Huri, of the tribe of Gad. (1 Chronicles 5:14)
- Wife of Rehoboam. She is called the daughter, i.e. descendant, of Eliab, the elder brother of David. (2 Chronicles 11:18) (B.C. 972.)
- Father of Esther and uncle of Mordecai. (Esther 2:15; 9:29)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 7 references
ab'-i-hal ('abhichayil; in some manuscripts 'abhihayil, when feminine, but best reading is the former: "father, or cause, of strength"): Five persons in the Old Testament are called by this name:
(1) A Levite and the father of Zuriel, who in the Wilderness was head of the house of Merari, Levi's youngest son (Nu 3:35);
(2) The wife of Abishur, a man of the tribe of Judah, in the line of Hazron and Jerahmeel (1Ch 2:29);
(3) One of the heads of the tribe of Gad, who dwelt in Gilead of Bashan (1Ch 5:14);
(4) Either a wife of Rehoboam, king of Judah, or mother of his wife Mahalath, according to the interpretation of the text (2Ch 11:18); probably the latter view is correct, since there is no conjunction in the text, and since (2Ch 11:19) contemplates only one wife as already mentioned. This being true, she was the wife of Jerimath, a son of David, and daughter of Eliab, David's eldest brother. It is interesting to note this frequent intermarriage in the Davidic house;
(5) Father of Queen Esther, who became wife of Xerxes (Biblical Ahasuerus) king of Persia, after the removal of the former queen, Vashti, (Es 2:15; 9:29). He was uncle of Mordecai.
Edward Mack
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.