Abishai

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Abishai
     father of (i.e., "desirous of") a gift, the eldest son of
     Zeruiah, David's sister. He was the brother of Joab and Asahel
     (2 Sam. 2:18; 1 Chr. 2:16). Abishai was the only one who
     accompanied David when he went to the camp of Saul and took the
     spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster (1 Sam.


     26:5-12). He had the command of one of the three divisions of
     David's army at the battle with Absalom (2 Sam. 18:2,5,12). He
     slew the Philistine giant Ishbi-benob, who threatened David's
     life (2 Sam. 21:15-17). He was the chief of the second rank of
     the three "mighties" (2 Sam. 23:18, 19; 1 Chr. 11:20,21); and on
     one occasion withstood 300 men, and slew them with his own spear
     (2 Sam. 23:18). Abishai is the name of the Semitic chief who
     offers gifts to the lord of Beni-Hassan. See illustration facing
     page 10.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Abishai, the present of my father