Abinadab Series

ABINADAB

ABINADAB *? bin' *? dab (my [the] father is generous [noble] or father of generosity [nobility]).

1. Abinadab is the second of Jesse's eight sons (1 Sam 16:8; 1 Chron 2:13). When Goliath challenged the Israelites in the Valley of Elah and was killed by David, Abinadab, Eliab, and Shamma were in Saul's army (1 Sam 17:13).

*?, or ?, also called schwa, is an additional letter of the Latin alphabet. In the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), minuscule ? represents the mid-central vowel or a schwa.

2. Abinadab, one of the sons of Saul, died with his father and his two brothers on Mt. Gilboa in battle with the Philistines (1 Sam 31:2; 1 Chron 8:33; 9:39; 10:2).

3. The father of Eleazar, Ahio, and Uzzah, whose place on a hill at Kiriath-jearim the Ark remained after it was returned from the Philistines in the days of Samuel. Eleazar was chosen by the city fathers to have charge of the Ark. Uzzah, and Ahio were among those who assisted David in his first attempt to bring the Ark to Jerusalem. Moreover, they set the Ark of God upon a new cart and brought it out of the Abinadab house in Gibeah: Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.

Uzzah put his hand on the Ark to steady it when the oxen stumbled and immediately died for his breach of the law of the Ark (2 Sam 6:6, 7).

4. The father of one of Solomon's sons-in-law (1 Kings 4:11). Some scholars suggest that Ben-Abinadab should be translated as a personal name rather than as son (ben) of Abinadab (see RSV). Ben-Abinadab was married to Solomon's daughter Taphath.

Abinadab is mentioned eleven times in the Bible:

1 Kings 4:11

The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

1 Samuel 16:8

Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. Moreover, he said Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

1 Chronicle 2:13

And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

2 Samuel 6:4

And they brought it out of Abinadab's house, which was at Gibeah, accompanying the Ark of God: Ahio went before the Ark.

1 Chronicle 13:7

Moreover, they carried the Ark of God in a new cart out of Abinadab's house: Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.

1 Samuel 7:1

Moreover, the men of Kirjathjearim came, fetched up the Ark of the LORD, brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and sanctified Eleazar, his son, to keep the Ark of the LORD.

1 Samuel 31:2

And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and his sons; the Philistines slew Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.

1 Samuel 17:13

Moreover, the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab, the firstborn, Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

1 Chronic ?, or ?, also called schwa, is an additional letter of the Latin alphabet. In the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), minuscule ? represents the mid-central vowel or a schwa.les 8:33

Furthermore, Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, Saul begat Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

1 Chronicle 9:39

Moreover, Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul; Saul begat Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

1 Chronicle 10:2

Moreover, the Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons, and the Philistines slew Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.

Abinadab

1. A Levite, a native of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house the Ark remained 20 years. (1 Samuel 7:1,2; 1 Chronicle 13:7) (B.C. 1124.)

2. Second son of Jesse, who followed Saul to his war against the Philistines (1 Samuel 16:8; 17:13) (B.C. 1063.)

3. A son of Saul, who was slain with his brothers at the fatal battle on Mount Gilboa. (1 Samuel 31:2) (B.C. 1053.)

4. Father of one of the twelve chief officers of Solomon. (1 Kings 4:11) (B.C. before 1014.)

Abinadab

The same as Aminadab, b and m is often interchanged in Hebrew.

1. A son of Jesse, one of the three who followed Saul in the war with the Philistines, 1 Samuel 16:8; 17:13.

2. A son of Saul, slain in the battle at Gilboa, 1 Samuel 31:2.

3. A Levite of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house the Ark of God, restored by the Philistines, remained seventy years, 1 Samuel 7:1; 1 Chronicle 13:7.

Father of nobleness; i.e., "noble."

(1.) A Levite of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house the Ark of the covenant was deposited after having been brought back from the land of the Philistines (1 Samuel 7:1). It remained there twenty years, till it was at length removed by David (1 Samuel 7:1, 2; 1 Chronicle 13:7).