Easton's Bible Dictionary Father of dew; i.e., "fresh", David's fifth wife (2 Samuel 3:4). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ABITAL ab'-i-tal, a-bi'-tal ('abhiTal, "my father is dew"): One of the wives of King David. In the duplicated list (2 Samuel 3:4 1 Chronicles 3:3) in which the sons born to David in Hebron are mentioned and numbered, the fifth is said to be Shephatiah the son of Abital.

Multi-Version Concordance Abital (2 Occurrences) 2 Samuel 3:4 and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 3:3 the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife: (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)