Abihail

(father of, i.e. possessing, strength).

• Father of Zuriel, chief of the Levitical father of Merari, a contemporary of Moses. (Numbers 3:35) (B.C. 1490.)
• Wife of Abishur. (1 Chronicles 2:29)
• Son of Huri, of the tribe of Gad. (1 Chronicles 5:14)
• Wife of Rehoboam. She is called the daughter, i.e. descendant, of Eliab, the elder brother of David. (2 Chronicles 11:18) (B.C. 972.)
• Father of Esther and uncle of Mordecai. (Esther 2:15; 9:29)