Abigail (daughter of Jesse)

Abigail (daughter of Jesse) is a woman living at the time of the united monarchy, from the tribe of Judah. She is named in 3 verses of the Bible, first in 2 Samuel 17:25.

Family

Verses

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 17:25
  And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 2:16
  Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
• 1 Chronicles 2:17
  And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

Notes

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