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Reference: Abihail

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1. As the name of a man it occurs (a) in 1Ch 5:14 as that of a Gadite who dwelt in the land of Bashan. (b) It was also the name of Esther's father, the uncle of Mordecai (Es 2:15; 9:29).

2. As the name of a woman it occurs three times: (a) 1Ch 2:29, the wife of Abishur, of the tribe of Judah; this is its only occurrence in pre-exilic writings. (b) Nu 3:35, a daughter of the sons of Merari, of the tribe of Levi, the mother of Zuriel, a 'prince' among the families of Merari. (c) 2Ch 11:18, the mother of Rehoboam's wife, Mahalath, and daughter of Eliab, David's eldest brother.

It is a woman's name in Min

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Num 3:35

The leader of the fathers' households of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to camp on the northward side of the tabernacle.

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1 Chron 2:29

The name of Abishur's wife was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.

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1 Chron 5:14

These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;

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2 Chron 11:18

Then Rehoboam took as a wife Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse,

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Esth 2:15

Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her as his daughter, came to go in to the king, she did not request anything except what Hegai, the king's eunuch who was in charge of the women, advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of all who saw her.

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Esth 9:29

Then Queen Esther, daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter about Purim.

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