person · also Abiel

Abi-albon

אֲבִי־עַלְבוֹן

Abi-albon, also known as Abiel, was one of David's mighty men, an Arbathite.

verses
2
first named
2 Samuel 23:31
last named
1 Chronicles 11:32
period
United Monarchy
role
Warrior

Description

Who was Abi-albon?

In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

Abi-albon, also called Abiel, is mentioned in the lists of David's mighty men in 2Sa.23.31 and 1Ch.11.32. He is described as an Arbathite, indicating that he was from Beth-arabah, a town in the wilderness of Judah. As one of David's mighty men, Abi-albon would have been a skilled warrior who demonstrated exceptional bravery and loyalty to King David. The mighty men were an elite group of soldiers who played a significant role in David's military campaigns and in establishing his kingdom.

Relations

Direct connections

Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

Places

Where this happens

The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

Where the story of Abi-albon happensThe one place the claims about Abi-albon reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Beth-arabah. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Abi-albon there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Beth-arabah
United MonarchyThe one place the claims about Abi-albon reach

Read it

Where to read it

Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 2 books.

  1. 2 Samuel1 verse

    23:31

  2. 1 Chronicles1 verse

    11:32

Onward

Where this page goes

Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one.

Sources

What this rests on