ABISAI (Hebrew Abīfai). - Nephew of David, son, like Joab, of his sister Zeruiah. A faithful collaborator of his uncle, he accompanied him by night into the tent of the enemy Saul (I Sam. 26:6-9), preserved him from the deadly blow of the heavy spear of the Philistine Ishbi-benob (II Sam. 21:15-17), and followed him in his flight from Jerusalem after Absalom's coup. During the flight he was barely restrained from killing the Benjaminite Shimei for the insults hurled at the king (ibid. 16:9 ff.; 19:21 ff.). For the daring with which he hurled himself, routing them, against 300 enemies, he was included in the second triad of David's heroes and earned the command of part of the Davidic army against the Ammonites (ibid. 10:9-14), against Absalom (ibid. 18:2 ff.), against Sheba (ibid. 20:6 ff.), and against the Edomites (I Chron. 18:12). Because of Joab's personal enmities with Abner, he helped his brother in the elimination of the enemy general, who had already been reconciled with David (II Sam. 3:30).
Salvoni, Faustino. “Abisai (Ebr. *AbĪFai*).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 82. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/abisai-ebr-abifai.
MLA
Salvoni, Faustino. “Abisai (Ebr. *AbĪFai*).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 82. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/abisai-ebr-abifai.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec1_abisai_ebr_abifai,
author = {Salvoni, Faustino},
title = {Abisai (Ebr. *AbĪFai*)},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {I},
pages = {82},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1948},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/abisai-ebr-abifai}
}
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