Ahinoam

Ahin´oam (brother of pleasantness), a woman of Jezreel one of the wives of David, and mother of Amnon. She was taken captive by the Amalekites when they plundered Ziklag, but was recovered by David (1Sa 25:43; 1Sa 27:3; 1Sa 30:5; 2Sa 2:2; 2Sa 3:2).

1. Daughter of Ahimaaz and wife of Saul, 1Sa 14:50 .\par 2. A woman of Jezreel, wife of David and mother Amnon. She was taken captive by the Amalekites, at Ziklag, 1Sa 30:5 ; but was recovered by David, and accompanied him to Hebron, 2Sa 2:2 ; 3:2.\par

Ahin’o-am. (brother of grace, that is, gracious).

1. The daughter of Ahimaaz and wife of Saul. 1Sa 14:50. (B.C. about 1090).

2. A native of Jezreel who was married to David during his wandering life. 1Sa 25:43. (B.C. 1060). She lived with him and his other wife Abigail at the court of Achish, 1Sa 27:3, was taken prisoner with her by the Amalekites when they plundered Ziklag, 1Sa 30:5, but was rescued by David. 1Sa 30:18.

("brother of grace", i.e. "graceful".) Of Jezreel. David’s wife; along with Abigail, accompanied him to Achish’s court (1Sa 25:43; 1Sa 27:3). Taken by the Amalekites at Ziklag, but rescued by David (1 Samuel 30). With him when king in Hebron (2Sa 2:2; 2Sa 3:2). Mother of Amnon. Beauty was David’s snare; the children consequently had more of outward than inward grace.

(Hebrew Achino’am, אֲחַינֹעָם, brother [see AB-] of pleasantness, i e. pleasant), the name of two women.

1. (Sept. Α᾿χινοόμ.) The daughter of Ahimaaz, and wife of King Saul (1Sa 14:50), B.C. cir. 1093,

2. (Sept. Α᾿χινάαμ, but Α᾿χιναάμ in 1Ch 3:1, and v. r. Α᾿χινόομ in 2Sa 3:2.) A Jezreelitess, the first (according to Josephus, Ant. 6, 13, 8) wife of David, while yet a private person (1Sa 25:43; 1Sa 27:3), B.C. 1060. In common with his other wife, she was taken captive by the Amalekites when they plundered Ziklag, but was recovered by David (1Sa 30:5; 1Sa 30:18), B.C. 1054. She is again mentioned as living with him when he was king of Judah in Hebron (2Sa 2:2), B.C. cir. 1052, and was the mother of his eldest son Amnon (2Sa 3:2). SEE DAVID .

Ahinoam (a-hĭn’o-ăm, or â-hi-nô’am), brother of pleasantness. 1. The wife of Saul. 1Sa 14:50. 2. One of David’s wives. 25:43; 27:3; 30:5; 2Sa 2:2; 2Sa 3:2.

[Ahin’oam]

1. Daughter of Ahimaaz and wife of Saul. 1Sa 14:50.

2. David’s wife a woman of Jezreel: she accompanied David in his flight from Saul; and, while residing at Ziklag, was taken captive when the city was burned by the Amalekites; but was recovered. 1Sa 25:43; 1Sa 27:3; 1Sa 30:5; 1Sa 30:18. She was with David when he came to the kingdom, and while at Hebron bare to David, Amnon his first-born. 2Sa 2:2; 2Sa 3:2.;1Ch 3:1.

AHINOAM.—1. Daughter of Ahimaaz and wife of Saul (1Sa 14:50). 2. A Jezreelitess whom David married after Michal had been taken from him. She was the mother of David’s firstborn, Amnon (1Sa 25:43; 1Sa 27:3; 1Sa 30:5, 2Sa 2:2; 2Sa 3:2, 1Ch 3:1).

a-hi-nō´am, a-hin´o-am (אחינעם, ’ăḥı̄nō‛am, “my brother is pleasantness”):

(1) Daughter of Ahimaaz, and wife of King Saul (1Sa 14:50).

(2) The woman from Jezreel whom David married after Saul gave Michal to another husband. She and Abigail, the widow of Nabal, seem to have been David’s only wives prior to the beginning of his reign in Hebron. His marriage to Abigail is mentioned first, with some details, followed by the statement, easily to be understood in the pluperfect, that he had previously married Ahinoam (1Sa 25:39-44). Three times they are mentioned together, Ahinoam always first (1Sa 27:3; 1Sa 30:5; 2Sa 2:2), and Ahinoam is the mother of David’s first son and Abigail of his second (2Sa 3:2; 1Ch 3:1). Ahinoam’s son was Amnon. The record really represents David’s polygamy as a series of bids for political influence; the names of Amnon, Absalom, Adonijah suggest that the method was not finally a success.