Abihail
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Abihail may refer to one of five different people mentioned in the Bible:
- Abihail the LeviteLeviteIn Jewish tradition, a Levite is a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi. When Joshua led the Israelites into the land of Canaan, the Levites were the only Israelite tribe that received cities but were not allowed to be landowners "because the Lord the God of Israel himself is their inheritance"...
lived during the time of the wandering of the Israelites in the wilderness. He was the head of the house of Merari and LeviLeviLevi/Levy was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third son of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Levi ; however Peake's commentary suggests this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite...
's youngest son. (Numbers 3:35) - Abihail was the wife of AbishurAbishurAbishur - . He is one of the two sons of Shammai of the tribe of Judah. .-External links:* Abishur*.*....
of the tribe of JudahTribe of JudahAccording to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Judah was one of the Tribes of Israel.Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes....
. (I Chronicles 2:29) - Abihail, from GileadGileadIn the Bible "Gilead" means hill of testimony or mound of witness, , a mountainous region east of the Jordan River, situated in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. It is also referred to by the Aramaic name Yegar-Sahadutha, which carries the same meaning as the Hebrew . From its mountainous character...
of BashanBashanBashan or Basan is a biblical place first mentioned in , where it is said that Chedorlaomer and his confederates "smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth", where Og the king of Bashan had his residence. At the time of Israel's entrance into the Promised Land, Og came out against them, but was utterly routed...
, was head of the tribe of Gad. (I Chronicles 5:14) - Abihail was the daughter of DavidDavidDavid was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible and, according to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, an ancestor of Jesus Christ through both Saint Joseph and Mary...
's brother EliabEliabFor the Christian martyr, see Abda and AbdjesusEliab was the name of at least three individuals mentioned in the Bible:*The son of Helon and a prince of the house of Zebulun according to Numbers 1:9....
. She was married to David's son JerimothJerimothJerimoth in the Hebrew Bible is the name of eight men:*In 1 Chronicles 7:7, Jerimoth is a son of Bela.*In 1 Chronicles 7:8, Jerimoth is a son of Becher....
and became mother of RehoboamRehoboamRehoboam was initially king of the United Monarchy of Israel but after the ten northern tribes of Israel rebelled in 932/931 BC to form the independent Kingdom of Israel he was king of the Kingdom of Judah, or southern kingdom. He was a son of Solomon and a grandson of David...
's wife MahalathMahalathMahalath was the third mentioned wife of Esau, a daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebajoth. Esau took Mahalath from the house of Ishmael to be his wife, after seeing that his Canaanite wives displeased his father, Isaac...
. (II Chronicles 11:18) - Abihail was the father of Queen EstherEstherEsther , born Hadassah, is the eponymous heroine of the Biblical Book of Esther.According to the Bible, she was a Jewish queen of the Persian king Ahasuerus...
and uncle of MordecaiMordecaiMordecai or Mordechai is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. He was the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin.-Biblical account:...
. (Esther 2:15; Esther 9:29)