Abida, Or Abidah
(father of knowledge), a son of Midian. (Genesis 25:4; 1 Chronicles 1:33)
Abidan
(father of the judge), chief of the tribe of Benjamin at the time of the Exodus. (B.C. 1491.)
(Numbers 1:11; 2:22; 7:60,65; 10:24)
Abiel Or Abiel
(father of strength, i.e. strong).
•Father of Kish, and consequently grandfather of Saul, (1 Samuel 9:1) as well as of Abner, Saul’s
commander-in-chief. (1 Samuel 14:51) (B.C. 1093-1055.)
•One of David’s mighty men. (1 Chronicles 11:32) In (2 Samuel 23:31) he is called ABI-ALBON.
(B.C. 1053.)
Abiezer
(father of help, helpful).
•Eldest son of Gilead, and descendant of Manasseh. (Joshua 17:2; 1 Chronicles 7:18) (B.C. 1450.)
He was the ancestor of the great judge Gideon. [Gideon]
•One of David’s mighty men. (2 Samuel 23:27; 1 Chronicles 11:28; 27:12) (B.C. 1014.)
Abigail
(father, i.e. source, of joy).
•The beautiful wife of Nabal, a wealthy owner of goats and sheep in Carmel. (B.C. 1060.) When
David’s messengers were slighted by Nabal, Abigail supplies David and his followers with
provisions, and succeeded in appeasing his anger. The days after this Nabal died, and David sent
for Abigail and made her his wife. (1 Samuel 25:14) etc. By her he had a son, called Chileab in
(2 Samuel 3:3) but Daniel in (1 Chronicles 3:1)
•A sister of David, married to Jether the Ishmaelite, and mother, by him, of Amasa. (1 Chronicles
2:17) In (2 Samuel 17:25) for Israelite read Ishmaelite. (B.C. 1068.)
Abihail
(father of, i.e. possessing, strength).
•Father of Zuriel, chief of the Levitical father of Merari, a contemporary of Moses. (Numbers 3:35)
(B.C. 1490.)
•Wife of Abishur. (1 Chronicles 2:29)
•Son of Huri, of the tribe of Gad. (1 Chronicles 5:14)
•Wife of Rehoboam. She is called the daughter, i.e. descendant, of Eliab, the elder brother of David.
(2 Chronicles 11:18) (B.C. 972.)
•Father of Esther and uncle of Mordecai. (Esther 2:15; 9:29)
Abihu
(he (God) is my father), the second son, (Numbers 3:2) of Aaron by Elisheba. (Exodus 6:23)
Being, together with his elder brother Nadab, guilty of offering strange fire to the lord, he was
consumed by fire from heaven. (Leviticus 10:1,2)
Abihud
(father of renown, famous), son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:3)
Abijah Or Abijam
(my father is Jehovah).
•Son and successor of Rehoboam on the throne of Judah. (1 Kings 4:21; 2 Chronicles 12:16) He
is called Abia, Abiah, Or Abijah in Chronicles, Abijam in Kings. He began to reign B.C. 959, and
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