Bible Person
Meaning: snake; serpent · Male · 1 cross reference
This Nahash entry refers to the father of Abigail and Zeruiah in 2 Samuel 17:25, not to the father of Shobi. He belongs to the family background that helps explain David's wider kinship network. First appears in 2 Sam 17:25.1
AI summary: This Nahash matters because his single cross reference helps clarify the family setting behind Amasa, Abigail, and Zeruiah. The entry contributes to the domestic and kinship texture surrounding David's house and its military relationships. Taken together, the material presents this Nahash as a familial source in David's extended family network.1
Central Figure
Nahash
Meaning: snake; serpent
The father of Amasa, who was commander-in-chief of Abasolom’s army (2 Sam.
The father of Amasa, who was commander-in-chief of Abasolom’s army (2 Sam. 17:25). Jesse’s wife had apparently been first married to this man, to whom she bore Abigail and Zeruiah, who were thus David’s sisters, but only on the mother’s side (1 Chr. 2:16). 3
| Book | Cross-References |
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
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.