Abihail
may refer to one of five different people mentioned in the
Bible:
Abihail the Levite lived during the time of the wandering of
the Israelites in the wilderness. He was the head of the house
of Merari and Levi's youngest son. (Numbers 3:35)
Abihail was the wife of Abishur of the tribe of Judah. (I
Chronicles 2:29)
Abihail, from Gilead of Bashan,...
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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,...
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1. Father of Esther
Es 2:15
-2. The second wife of Rehoboam
2Ch 11:18,19
-3. Father of Zuriel
Nu 3:35
-4. Wife of Abishur
1Ch 2:29...
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(father of, i.e. possessing, strength).
1. Father of Zuriel, chief of the Levitical father of
Merari, a contemporary of Moses. Nu 3:35 (B.C. 1490.)
2. Wife of Abishur. 1Ch 2:29
3. Son of Huri, of the tribe of Gad. 1Ch 5:14
4. Wife of Rehoboam. She is called the daughter, i.e.
descendant, of Eliab, the elder brother of David. 2Ch 11:18
(B.C. ...
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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)....
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(("father of splendor".)
1. Wife of Rehoboam, king of Judah, daughter, i.e.
descendant of Eliab, David's oldest brother. But Keil argues
that 2 Chronicles 11:19-20 shows that in 2 Chronicles 11:18
only one wife is named; therefore the sense is "Mahalath the
daughter of Jerimoth son of David and of Abihail" (the
daughter of Eliab, etc.)
2. ...
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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 obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked
upon her....
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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;...
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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....
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