Eglah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

2 Samuel 3:51 Chronicles 3:3

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("heifer".) One of David's wives, especially called "his wife" while at Hebron; mother of Ithream (2 Samuel 3:5; 1 Chronicles 3:3).

Holman Bible Dictionary

2 Samuel 3:5

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

EGLAH (‘heifer’). One of the wives of David, and mother of Ithream ( 2 Samuel 3:5 , 1 Chronicles 3:3 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

One of David's wives, and mother of his son Ithream. 2 Samuel 3:5; 1 Chronicles 3:3 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Eg'lah. (a heifer). One of David's wives, during his reign in Hebron. 2 Samuel 3:5; 1 Chronicles 3:3. (B.C. 1055).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

eg´la ( עגלה , ‛eghlāh , "heifer"): Wife of David and mother of Ithream (2 Samuel 3:5 parallel 1 Chronicles 3:3 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrews Eglah', עֶגְלָה , a heifer, as often; Sept. Αἰγάλ and Ἀγλά ), one of David's wives during his reign in Hebron, and the mother of his son Ithream (2 Samuel 3:5; 1 Chronicles 3:3). B.C. 1045. In both lists the same order is preserved, Eglah being the sixth and last, and in both is she distinguished by the special title of David's "wife." According to the ancient Hebrew tradition preserved by Jerome (Quest, Hebr. on 2 Samuel 3:5; 2 Samuel 6:23), she was MICHAL (See Michal) (q.v.), — the wife of his youth, and she died in giving birth to Ithream. A name of this signification is common among the Arabs at the present day. (See Eglath).