•Second son of Jesse, who followed Saul to his war against the Philistines, (1 Samuel 16:8; 17:13)
(B.C. 1063.)
•A son of Saul, who was slain with his brothers at the fatal battle on Mount Gilboa. (1 Samuel 31:2)
(B.C. 1053.)
•Father of one of the twelve chief officers of Solomon. (1 Kings 4:11) (B.C. before 1014.)
Abiner
(father of light). Same as Abner. (1 Samuel 14:50) margin.
Abinoam
the father of Barak. (Judges 4:6,12; 5:1,12) (B.C. 1300.)
Abiram
A Reubenite, son of Eliab, who with Korah, a Levite, organized a conspiracy against Moses and
Aaron. (Numbers 16:1) ... [For details, see Korah] (B.C. 1490.)
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•Eldest son of Hiel the bethelite, who died when his father laid the foundations of Jericho, (1 Kings
16:34) and thus accomplished the first part of the curse of Joshua. (Joshua 6:26) (B.C. after 905.)
Abishag
a beautiful Shunammite (from Shunem, in the tribe of Issachar), taken into David’s harem to
comfort him in his extreme old age. (1 Kings 1:1-4)
Abishai, Or Abishai
(father of a gift), The eldest of the three sons of Zeruiah, David’s sister, and brother to Joab
and Asahel. (1 Chronicles 2:16) Like his two brothers he was the devoted follower of David. He
was his companion in the desperate night expedition to the camp of Saul. (1 Samuel 26:6-9) (B.C.
1055.) On the outbreak of Absalom’s rebellion he remained true to the king,a nd commanded a
third part of the army in the decisive battle against Absalom. He rescued David from the hands of
the gigantic Philistine, Ishbi-benob. (2 Samuel 21:17) His personal prowess on this, as on another
occasion, when he fought singlehanded against three hundred, won for him a place as captain of
the second three of David’s mighty men. (2 Samuel 23:18; 1 Chronicles 11:20)
Abishalom
(father of peace), father or grandfather of Maachah, who was the wife of Rehoboam and mother
of Abijah. (1 Kings 15:2,10) He is called Absalom in (2 Chronicles 11:20,21) This person must be
David’s son. See LXX.; (2 Samuel 14:27)
Abishua, Or Abishua
(father of deliverance).
•Son of Bela, of the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:4)
•Son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, and father of Bukki, in the genealogy of the high priests. ( 1
Chronicles 6:4,5,50,51; Ezra 7:4,5)
Abishur
(father of the wall), son of Shammai. (1 Chronicles 2:28)
Abital
(father of the dew), one of David’s wives. (2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 3:3)
Abitub
(father of goodness), son of Shaharaim by Hushim. (1 Chronicles 8:11)
Abiud
(father of praise), descendant of Zorobabel in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 1:13)
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