Abigail

Abigail (Hebrew: אֲבִיגַיִל, Modern: ʾAvīgayīl, Tiberian: ʾAḇīḡayīl) was an Israelite woman in the Hebrew Bible married to Nabal; she married the future King David after Nabal's death (1 Samuel 25). Abigail was David's third wife, after Ahinoam and Saul's daughter, Michal, whom Saul later married to Palti, son of Laish, when David went into hiding.

This article is about the woman married to King David. For more information on the name "Abigail", see Abigail (name). For other uses, see Abigail (disambiguation).
"Avigail" redirects here. For people with the given name "Avigail", see Avigail (name).
See also: Avigayil
Abigail
Righteous Abigail from Damascene Gallery
Righteous, wife of King David
Honored inCatholic Church
Feast1 September

Abigail became the mother of one of David's sons, who is listed in the Book of Chronicles under the name Daniel, in the Masoretic Text of the Books of Samuel as Chileab, and in the Septuagint text of 2 Samuel 3:3 as Δαλουια, Dalouia. Her name is spelled Abigal in 2 Samuel 17:25 in the American Standard Version.

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