Bible Person
Meaning: the father's joy · Female · 3 cross references
This Abigail entry refers to David's sister and the mother of Amasa, not Abigail the wife of Nabal and later David. She belongs to the extended family network of Jesse's house and later military politics. First appears in 2 Sam 17:25.1
AI summary: This Abigail matters because the cross references preserve her as a bridge between David's household and Amasa, a major military figure in the kingdom's turbulent later years. Through her, family ties and political developments intertwine in a way typical of royal households. Taken together, the material presents this Abigail as David's sister whose motherhood connects the royal family to consequential military leadership.1
Central Figure
Abigail
Meaning: the father's joy
The sister of David, and wife of Jether an Ishmaelite (1 Chr.
The sister of David, and wife of Jether an Ishmaelite (1 Chr. 2:16, 17). She was the mother of Amasa (2 Sam. 17:25). 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.