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Haggith in the Bible.

A wife of David and the mother of Adonijah, who, like Absalom, was famed for his beauty. The King James Version names Haggith in 5 verses, from 2 Samuel 3:4 to 1 Chronicles 3:2.

Haggith’s family.

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Husbands, and their children

Her family as Theographic Bible Metadata lists it; each name opens its own page.

Who Haggith was.

Festive; the dancer, a wife of David and the mother of Adonijah (2 Sam. 3:4; 1 Kings 1:5, 11; 2:13; 1 Chr. 3:2), who, like Absalom, was famed for his beauty.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Places in Haggith’s story.

  • Geshurnamed with her in 1 verse

Each opens its own page: where it is on the map and every verse.

All 5 verses that name Haggith.

2 Samuel 1

  • 2 Samuel 3:4And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;

1 Kings 3

  • 1 Kings 1:5Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
  • 1 Kings 1:11Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
  • 1 Kings 2:13And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

1 Chronicles 1

  • 1 Chronicles 3:2The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:

Questions about Haggith.

Who was Haggith in the Bible?

A wife of David and the mother of Adonijah, who, like Absalom, was famed for his beauty. The King James Version names Haggith in 5 verses, from 2 Samuel 3:4 to 1 Chronicles 3:2.

Who was Haggith’s husband?

David.

Who was Haggith’s child?

BibleLectio’s family tree lists Adonijah.

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