Abinadab

There were several of this name in the Old Testament. Saul had a son of this name; and David a brother. 1Ch 2:13 And there was an Abinadab a Levite. The signification of the name is, my father is a prince.

Abin´adab (father of nobleness, or noble father). There are several persons of this name, all of whom are also called Aminadab—the letters b and m being very frequently interchanged in Hebrew.

Abinadab, 1

Abinadab, one of the eight sons of Jesse, and one of the three, who followed Saul to the war with the Philistines (1Sa 16:8).

Abinadab, 2

Abinadab, one of Saul’s sons, who was slain at the battle of Gilboa (1Sa 31:2).

Abinadab, 3

Abinadab, the Levite of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house, which was on a hill, the Ark of the Covenant was deposited, after being brought back from the land of the Philistines. It was committed to the special charge of his son Eleazer; and remained there seventy years, until it was removed by David (1Sa 7:1-2; 1Ch 13:7) [ARK].

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

1. A son of Jesse, one of the three who followed Saul in the war with the Philistines, {\cf11 \ul 1Sa 16:8}; {\cf11 \ul 1Sa 17:13}.\PAR

2. A son of Saul, slain in the battle at Gilboa, {\cf11 \ul 1Sa 31:2}.\PAR

3. A Levite of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house the ark of God, when restored by the Philistines, remained seventy years, {\cf11 \ul 1Sa 7:1}; {\cf11 \ul 1Ch 13:7}.\PAR

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Abin’adab.

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

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

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

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

("father of willingness".)

1. A Levite of Kirjath-jearim, (but (See LEVITES for doubts as to Abinadab being a Levite,) in whose house the ark remained twenty years (1Sa 7:1-2; 1Ch 13:7); Eleazar his son was sanctified to keep it.

2. Jesse’s second son (1Sa 16:8; 1Sa 17:13).

3. Saul’s son, slain at Gilboa (1Sa 31:2).

4. 1Ki 4:7; 1Ki 4:11.

(Heb. Abinadab’, אֲבַינָדָב, father of nobleness, i.e. noble; Sept. everywhere Α᾿μιναδάβ, Vulg. Abinadab. Josephus Α᾿βινάδαβος, Ant. 8:2, 3), the name of four men.

1. A Levite of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house, which was on a hill [ SEE GIBEAH ], the ark of the covenant was deposited, after being brought back from the land of the Philistines (1Sa 7:1), B.C. 1124. It was committed to the special charge of his son Eleazar; and remained there eighty years, until it was removed by David (2Sa 6:3-4; 1Ch 13:7). SEE ARK.

2. The second of the eight sons of Jesse, the father of David (1Sa 16:8; 1Ch 2:13), and one of the three who followed Saul to the campaign against the Philistines in which Goliath defied the army (1Sa 17:13), B.C. 1063,

3. The third named of the four sons of King Saul (1Ch 8:33; 1Ch 9:39), and one of the three who perished with their father in the battle at Gilboa (1Sa 31:2; 1Ch 10:2), B.C. 1053. His name appears to be omitted in the list in 1Sa 14:49.

4. The father of one of Solomon’s purveyors (or rather BEN-ABINIDAB is to be regarded as the name of the purveyor himself), who presided over the district of Dor, and married Taphath, Solomon’s daughter (1Ki 4:11), B.C. ante 1014.

Abinadab (a-bĭn’a-dăb), father of nobleness, i.e., noble. 1. 1Sa 16:8. One of the eight sons of Jesse, and one of the three of Ins sons who followed Saul in battle. 2. 1Sa 31:2. One of Saul’s sons who was slain at the battle of Gilboa. 3. 1Sa 7:1 and 1Ch 13:7. A Levite of Kirjath-jearim, with whom the ark of the Lord was deposited when it was brought back from the Philistines. 4. 1Ki 4:11. One of the twelve officers appointed by Solomon to provide alternately, month by month, food for the king and his household.

[Abin’adab]

1. A man at Kirjath-jearim, at whose house the ark remained for many years after it had been returned by the Philistines. The twenty years referred to in 1 Sam. 7. no doubt give the time that elapsed before the repentance of Israel led them to lament after Jehovah. The ark abode in Abinadab’s house long after this, however, and was not removed till the early part of David’s reign. 2 Sam. 6.; 1Ch 13:7.

2. One of the sons of Jesse. 1Sa 16:8; 1Sa 17:13.

3. One of Saul’s sons who was killed with his brethren at Saul’s last battle with the Philistines. 1Sa 31:2.

4. Father of one of Solomon’s twelve officers who provided victuals for the king and household. 1Ki 4:11.

("Father is Generous"):

By: Gerson B. Levi

1. A resident of Kirjath-jearim, who kept the Ark of the Covenant in his house during the twenty years immediately following its restoration by the Philistines (I Sam. vii. 1; I Chron. xiii. 7). In II Sam. vi. 3, 4, Gibeah is given as his home. 2. The second son of Jesse (I Sam. xvi. 8; I Chron. ii. 13). He wasone of the three sons of Jesse who followed Saul to fight the Philistines in the valley of Elah (I Sam. xvii. 13). 3. A son of Saul (I Chron. viii. 33), who was killed in the battle of Gilboa while fighting against the Philistines (I Sam. xxxi. 2; I Chron. x. 2). He is also mentioned in the genealogical list of Benjamites living in Gibeon (I Chron. ix. 39). See also Ben Abinadab.

ABINADAB (‘father is generous’).—1. The second son of Jesse (1Sa 16:8; 1Sa 17:13, 1Ch 2:13). 2. A son of Saul slain in the battle of Mt. Gilboa (1Sa 31:2 = 1Ch 10:2). 3. Owner of the house whither the ark was brought by the men of Kiriath-jearim (1Sa 7:1), whence it was subsequently removed by David (2Sa 6:3 f., 1Ch 13:7).

a-bin´a-dab (אבינדב, ’ăbhı̄nādhābh, “father of willingness,” or, “my father is willing.” This is according to the ordinary usage of the second word in the name - “willing” rather than “munificent” or “noble”):

(1) The man in whose house the men of Kiriath-jearim placed the ark, after its return from the land of the Philistines, his house being either in Gibeah of Benjamin or “in the hill” (1Sa 7:1; 2Sa 6:3, 2Sa 6:4). To account for the ambiguity note that gibh’āh means hill, and that the place-name Gibeah ordinarily has the definite article. It is natural to think that Abinadab was himself a man of Kiriath-jearim, though the account does not explicitly say so. The record is that the men of Kiriath-jearim were summoned to take charge of the ark at a time when no one else dared to have it (1Sa 6:20, 1Sa 6:21); and the implication seems to be that they had no option to refuse. Possibly this was due to their being Gibeonites, and hereditary “bondmen” of “the house of my God” (Jos 9:17, Jos 9:23). However this may be, they “sanctified” Abinadab’s son Eleazar to have charge of the ark. According to the Hebrew and some of the Greek copies, the ark was in Gibeah in the middle of the reign of King Saul (1Sa 14:18).

About a century later, according to the Bible numbers, David went with great pomp to Kiriath-jearim, otherwise known as Baalah or Baale-judah, to bring the ark from Kiriath-jearim, out of the house of Abinadab in the hill (or, in Gibeah), and place it in Jerusalem (1Ch 13:1-14; 2 Sam 6). The new cart was driven by two descendants of Abinadab. There may or may not have been another Abinadab then living, the head of the house.

(2) The second of the eight sons of Jesse, one of the three who were in Saul’s army when Goliath gave his challenge (1Sa 16:8; 1Sa 17:13; 1Ch 2:13).

(3) One of the sons of King Saul (1Ch 8:33; 1Ch 9:39; 1Ch 10:2; 1Sa 31:2). He died in the battle of Gilboa, along with his father and brothers.

(4) In 1Ki 4:11 the King James Version has “the son of Abinadab,” where the Revised Version (British and American) has BEN-ABINADAB.