Nitzevet bat Adael[1][2] (Hebrew: נִצֶּבֶת בַּת עַדְאֵל Nīṣṣeḇeṯ baṯ ʿAḏʾēl lit. Nitzevet daughter of Adael) is, according to Hanan bar Rava, the mother of David.[3] According to the Bible, David's father, Jesse, had at least nine children: Eliab, Abinadab, Shimma, Nethaneel, Raddai, Ozem, David, Zeruiah, and Abigail.[4][5]