Abigail (mother of Amasa)

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According to the Hebrew Bible, Abigail (Hebrew: אֲבִיגַיִל‎, romanized: ʾAḇīḡayīl) was the mother of Amasa, the commander-in-chief of Absalom's army (2 Samuel 17:25).[1]

typographic error,[4] based on the appearance of the name two verses later.[4][5]

According to the medieval commentator Rashi, "Nahash" refers to Jesse. Because he never sinned, he only died because of Adam's sin with the serpent, so he was called Nahash, meaning serpent.[6]

In Chronicles, Amasa's father is Jether the

Israelite;[8] scholars think that the latter case is more likely.[citation needed
]

Jon Levenson and Baruch Halpern suggest that Abigail, mother of Amasa may, in fact, be the same Abigail who became David's wife.[9] Richard M. Davidson, however, points out that "on the basis of the final form of the OT canon, references to Abigail in the biblical accounts indicate two different individuals."[10]

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8
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  2. ^ 2 Samuel 17:25
  3. ^ 1 Chronicles 2:13–16
  4. ^
    Peake's commentary on the Bible
  5. ^ 2 Samuel 17:27
  6. ^ "Rashi on II Samuel 17:25". Archived from the original on 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  7. ^ 1 Chronicles 2:17
  8. ^ 2 Samuel 17:25
  9. ^ Jon D. Levenson and Baruch Halpern, "The Political Import of David's Marriages," JBL 99 [1980] 511–512.
  10. ISBN 9781565638471
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