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• Midian (Son of Abraham)

  Midian was a son of Abraham and Keturah and is recorded as the ancestor of the Midianites, who appear frequently in the Old Testament (Genesis 25:2–4).

• Abigail

  Abigail is a woman who appears in 1 Samuel 25. She was the wife of Nabal the Carmelite, but with wise words and gifts she turned back David, who was on his way to attack her husband. After Nabal's death she became David's wife.

• Abiathar

  Abiathar was a priest in the days of Saul and David. The sole survivor of the massacre at Nob, he served David, but when Solomon came to the throne he sided with Adonijah and was removed from the priesthood.

• Abijah

  Abijah was the second king of the southern kingdom of Judah during the divided monarchy, the son of Rehoboam and the father of Asa. He is called "Abijam" in the books of Kings and reigned for about three years.

• Abijam

  Abijam was the second king of the southern kingdom of Judah during the period of the divided kingdom. The son of Rehoboam and the father of Asa, he reigned for three years. In 2 Chronicles and the Gospel of Matthew he is called "Abijah."

• Abinadab

  Abinadab was a man of Kiriath-jearim in the Old Testament. Scripture records that he received the ark of the covenant into his house after the Philistines returned it, and that it remained there for a long time. Several other people of the same name also appear in the Bible.

• Abihail

  Abihail is a personal name in the Old Testament borne by several individuals, both men and women. The best known are the father of Esther, the daughter of Eliab (David's elder brother), and the father of the Levite Zuriel.

• Abiram (Son of Hiel)

  Abiram was the firstborn son of Hiel the Bethelite, who rebuilt Jericho during the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. He died when the city's foundation was laid, and Scripture records his death as the fulfillment of Joshua's curse.

• Dathan and Abiram

  Dathan and Abiram were brothers of the tribe of Reuben, sons of Eliab, who joined Korah in rebelling against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness after the Exodus. They are known for the incident in which the earth split open and swallowed them and their households.

• Division of Abijah

  The division of Abijah was the eighth of the twenty-four priestly divisions established in the time of David for rotating temple service. In the Gospel of Luke, Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, is introduced as a priest belonging to this division.

• Jonathan (son of Abiathar)

  Jonathan was the son of Abiathar, a priest in the time of David. During Absalom's rebellion he carried news from Jerusalem to David, and when Adonijah sought the throne he brought word that Solomon had been made king.

• Eleazar (son of Abinadab)

  Eleazar was the son of Abinadab of Kiriath-jearim. He was consecrated to keep the ark of the covenant after it was returned by the Philistines, and he is mentioned only once in Scripture, in 1 Samuel 7:1.

• Abishai

  Abishai was the son of Zeruiah, David's sister, and the brother of Joab and Asahel. One of David's military commanders and mighty men, he took part in the night raid on Saul's camp and in suppressing rebellions, and he rescued David from a Philistine giant.

• Ahio

  Ahio was a man of David's time who, together with Uzzah, drove the new cart carrying the Ark of the Covenant; 2 Samuel records him as a son of Abinadab.

• Zuriel

  Zuriel is a Levite mentioned once in the Book of Numbers. He was the son of Abihail and the chief of the Merarite families during the wilderness period. The descendants of Merari camped on the north side of the tabernacle.

• Ahio

  Ahio was a son of Abinadab of Kiriath-jearim. When David moved the ark of the covenant, Ahio and his brother Uzzah drove the new cart that carried it, and Ahio walked ahead of the ark.

• Uzzah

  Uzzah was the son of Abinadab who was struck dead during David's reign when, as the ark of the covenant was being brought to Jerusalem, the oxen stumbled and he reached out and took hold of the shaken ark.

• Abishag

  Abishag was a young woman from Shunem who attended King David in his final years. After David's death, Adonijah's request to marry her led Solomon to have Adonijah executed.

• Abilene

  Abilene is a place name that appears once in Scripture, in Luke 3:1. It was a small territory in the Anti-Lebanon mountains northwest of Damascus. According to Luke, Lysanias was its tetrarch when John the Baptist began his ministry.

• Adoniram

  Adoniram, the son of Abda, was an Israelite official who supervised the levy (forced labor conscripted by the state) under David, Solomon, and Rehoboam. He was stoned to death by the people of Israel early in Rehoboam's reign.