Nitzevet

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Nitzevet bat Adael[1][2] (Hebrew: נִצֶּבֶת בַּת עַדְאֵל‎ Nīṣṣeḇeṯ baṯ ʿAḏəʾēl) is, according to Hanan bar Rava, the mother of David with her husband Jesse.[3][unreliable source?] According to the Bible Jesse had at least nine children: Eliab, Abinadab, Shimma, Nethaneel, Raddai, Ozem, David, Zeruiah, and Abigail.[4][5]

In the Bible[]

Although David's mother is not named in the Bible, she is still mentioned there with her husband: when David was worried about the safety of his parents, he went to Mizpah in Moab to ask permission from the king to allow his father and mother to stay under the royal protection of the king:

And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab; and he said unto the king of Moab: 'Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.'

— 1 Samuel 22:3-4[6]

In a few Bible translations, Psalm 86:16 (attributed to David) mentions the writer's mother:

Show that you hear me and be kind to me.
I am your servant, so give me strength.
I am your slave, as my mother was, so save me! — Psalms 86:16[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Nitzevet, Mother of David - The bold voice of silence". www.chabad.org. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  2. ^ Talmud Tractate Bava Batra 91a
  3. ^ Nitzevet, Mother of David
  4. ^ 1 Samuel 17:13
  5. ^ 2 Samuel 17:25
  6. ^ 1 Samuel 22:3–4
  7. ^ Psalms 86:16
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