Abihail

Abihail

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, was head of the tribe of Gad. (I Chronicles 5:14)
# Abihail was the daughter of David's brother Eliab. She was married to David's son Jerimoth and became mother of Rehoboam's wife Mahalath. (II Chronicles 11:18)
# Abihail was the father of Queen Esther and uncle of Mordecai. (Esther 2:15; Esther 9:29)

References

* [http://bibletools.org//index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/52 "Abihail"] , "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".


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