Person

Abigail

Gender:: Female
Verse mentions:: 3

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).

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Parents 1

Nahash· father

Spouses 1

Jether

Children 1

Amasa

Siblings 1

Zeruiah

Appears in 3

Reference	Verse
2 Samuel 17:25	And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.
1 Chronicles 2:16	Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
1 Chronicles 2:17	And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.

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