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Abigail (daughter of Nahash)

아비갈

Named at 2 Samuel 17:25: Ithra the Israelite “went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.” The Korean Revised Version says that Ithra lay with her and begot Amasa (이드라가 나하스의 딸 아비갈과 동침하여 저를 낳았으며) and calls her Zeruiah’s 동생, her younger sister. 1 Chronicles 2:13–16 names the sons Jesse became the father of and goes on, “and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail”; 2:17 says, “Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.” The Korean Revised Version writes her name 아비가일 in these verses.

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1CH 2:13–17, engwebp
¹³and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
¹⁴Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
¹⁵Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh;
¹⁶and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
¹⁷Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
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2SA 17:24–26, engwebp
²⁴Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
²⁵Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
²⁶Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
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Unresolved interpretation: Zeruiah and Abigail: “their sisters” at 1 Chronicles 2:16 and “Abigail the daughter of Nahash” at 2 Samuel 17:25

1 Chronicles 2:13–15 names the sons Jesse became the father of, from his firstborn Eliab to David the seventh, and 2:16–17 go on, “and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three. Abigail bore Amasa”.
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- 1CH 2:13–17, engwebp
  ¹³and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
  ¹⁴Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
  ¹⁵Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh;
  ¹⁶and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
  ¹⁷Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
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2 Samuel 17:25 says, “Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.” The Korean Revised Version calls her Zeruiah’s 동생, her younger sister.
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- 2SA 17:24–26, engwebp
  ²⁴Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
  ²⁵Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
  ²⁶Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
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1 Chronicles 2:13–16 names the sons Jesse became the father of and calls Zeruiah and Abigail “their sisters”; neither edition says whose daughters they are. 2 Samuel 17:25 names “Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother” (the Korean Revised Version calls her Zeruiah’s 동생, younger sister). The Korean Revised Version writes her name 아비가일 in 1 Chronicles and 아비갈 in 2 Samuel, and WEB Abigail in both. The text does not say how “their sisters” of 1 Chronicles 2:16 and “the daughter of Nahash” of 2 Samuel 17:25 fit. This collection records the Abigail of 1 Chronicles 2:16–17 on the entry of Abigail of 2 Samuel 17:25 (person-abigail-nahash), Zeruiah’s sister and Amasa’s mother; it records Zeruiah and Abigail as David’s sisters from 1 Chronicles 2:16 and Nahash as Abigail’s father from 2 Samuel 17:25, records no relationship between Jesse and the two, and does not decide how the two accounts fit.

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Nahash (father of Abigail) — Father of — Abigail (daughter of Nahash)

Evidence: 2 Samuel 17:24–26
Abigail (daughter of Nahash) — Sister of — Zeruiah

Evidence: 1 Chronicles 2:13–17, 2 Samuel 17:24–26
Abigail (daughter of Nahash) — Mother of — Amasa

Evidence: 1 Chronicles 2:13–17
Abigail (daughter of Nahash) — Sibling of — David

Evidence: 1 Chronicles 2:13–17
Took part in (1) — Jesse’s sons from his firstborn Eliab to David the seventh, and their sisters Zeruiah and Abigail

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2 Samuel 17:25 Open that verse

Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

1 Chronicles 2:16 Open that verse

and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

1 Chronicles 2:17 Open that verse

Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

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Entry: Abigail (daughter of Nahash) (person-abigail-nahash)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/abigail-nahash
Current wording: Named at 2 Samuel 17:25: Ithra the Israelite “went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.” The Korean Revised Version says that Ithra lay with her and begot Amasa (이드라가 나하스의 딸 아비갈과 동침하여 저를 낳았으며) and calls her Zeruiah’s 동생, her younger sister. 1 Chronicles 2:13–16 names the sons Jesse became the father of and goes on, “and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail”; 2:17 says, “Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.” The Korean Revised Version writes her name 아비가일 in these verses.
Cited evidence: 1CH 2:13–17, engwebp / 2SA 17:24–26, engwebp
Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending

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