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Abihail

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: A By: James P. Boyd

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(father of strength). (1) Father of Zuriel, chief of the house of the families of Marari (Num. 3:35³⁵And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. (Numbers 3:35)). (2) Wife of Abishur (1 Chron. 2:29²⁹And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. (1 Chronicles 2:29)). (3) Son of Huri of the tribe of Gad (1 Chron. 5:14¹⁴These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; (1 Chronicles 5:14)). (4) Wife of Rehoboam (2 Chron. 11:18¹⁸And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; (2 Chronicles 11:18)). (5) Father of Esther and uncle of Mordecai (Esther 2:15; 9:29¹⁵Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her. (Esther 2:15)
²⁹Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim. (Esther 9:29)).

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