Difference between revisions of "Abihail"

<p> <strong> [[Abihail]] </strong> (‘father is might’). <strong> 1 </strong> . As the name of a <em> man </em> it occurs ( <em> a </em> ) in &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 5:14 as that of a [[Gadite]] who dwelt in the land of Bashan. ( <em> b </em> ) It was also the name of Esther’s father, the uncle of [[Mordecai]] (&nbsp; Esther 2:15; &nbsp; Esther 9:29 ). </p> <p> <strong> 2 </strong> . As the name of a <em> woman </em> it occurs three times: ( <em> a </em> ) &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 2:29 , the wife of Abishur, of the tribe of Judah; this is its only occurrence in pre-exilic writings. ( <em> b </em> ) &nbsp; Numbers 3:35 , a daughter of the sons of Merari, of the tribe of Levi, the mother of Zuriel, a ‘prince’ among the families of Merari. ( <em> c </em> ) &nbsp; 2 Chronicles 11:18 , the mother of Rehoboam’s wife, Mahalath, and daughter of Eliab, David’s eldest brother. </p> <p> It is a <em> woman’s </em> name in Minæan (South Arabian) inscriptions, where it occurs in the form <em> Ili-hail </em> . </p> <p> W. O. E. Oesterley. </p>

<p> ''''' ab´i ''''' - ''''' hāl ''''' ( אביחיל , <i> ''''' 'ăbhı̄ḥayil ''''' </i> ; in some manuscripts <i> ''''' 'abhihayil ''''' </i> , 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 L evite and the father of Zuriel, who in the [[Wilderness]] was head of the house of Merari, Levi's youngest son (&nbsp;Numbers 3:35 ); (2) The wife of Abishur, a man of the tribe of Judah, in the line of Hazron and [[Jerahmeel]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:29 ); (3) One of the heads of the tribe of Gad, who dwelt in [[Gilead]] of Bashan (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 5:14 ); (4) [[Either]] a wife of Rehoboam, king of Judah, or mother of his wife Mahalath, according to the interpretation of the text (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 11:18 ); probably the latter view is correct, since there is no conjunction in the text, and since (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 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 <i> [[Ahasuerus]] </i> ) king of Persia, after the removal of the former queen, Vashti, (&nbsp;Esther 2:15; &nbsp;Esther 9:29 ). He was uncle of Mordecai. </p>