Abihail אֲבִיחַ֫יִל
Wife of Abishur; mother of Ahban and Molid
Biography
Abihail is mentioned briefly in 1Ch.2.29 as the wife of Abishur, who was a descendant of Judah. She is listed in the genealogy of Judah, which traces the lineage of David. Abihail and Abishur had two sons, Ahban and Molid.
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- 1 Chronicles 2:29
"The name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bore him Ahban and Molid."
Names & Aliases
| Form | Language | Script | Strong's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Named | Hebrew | אֲבִיחַ֫יִל | H0032H |
Abihail
d 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
a-bi'-hu ('abhihu', "father he is," or "my father he is"): Second son of Aaron, the high priest (Ex 6:23). With his older brother Nadab he "died before Yahweh," when the two "offered