Bible Person
Meaning: heifer; chariot; round · Female · 2 cross references
Eglah is one of David's wives and the mother of Ithream. She belongs to the expanding royal household formed during David's years before the full consolidation of his reign in Jerusalem. First appears in 2 Sam 3:5.1
AI summary: Eglah matters because the cross references place her among the wives through whom David's family grows in politically and personally significant ways. Even without an extended narrative, her presence contributes to the dynastic complexity of the royal house. Taken together, the material presents Eglah as a Davidic wife whose household place helps define the breadth of the monarchy's family structure.1
Central Figure
Eglah
Meaning: heifer; chariot; round
A heifer, one of David’s wives, and mother of Ithream (2 Sam.
A heifer, one of David’s wives, and mother of Ithream (2 Sam. 3:5; 1 Chr. 3:3). According to a Jewish tradition she was Michal. 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.