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Zeruiah

United kingdomJudahHouse of David

Description

Sister (or half-sister) of David; mother of Joab, Abishai, and Asahel.

Relationships

Family tree

Two generations up and down. Click any other person to recenter the tree on them. Solid lines are parent-of relationships; dashed pink lines are spouses; dashed amber lines are debated/tradition-divergent edges.

Notes

2 Samuel 17:25 calls her sister of Abigail and daughter of Nahash, while 1 Chronicles 2:16 makes both Zeruiah and Abigail daughters of Jesse — likely Nahash was their mother's first husband (or 'Nahash' is a textual variant).