Difference between revisions of "Ahinoam"

<p> '''Ahin'o-am.''' (brother of grace, that is, gracious). </p> <p> 1. The daughter of [[Ahimaaz]] and wife of Saul. &nbsp;1 Samuel 14:50. (B.C. about 1090). </p> <p> 2. A native of [[Jezreel]] who was married to David during his wandering life. &nbsp;1 Samuel 25:43. (B.C. 1060). She lived with him and his other wife [[Abigail]] at the court of Achish, &nbsp;1 Samuel 27:3, was taken prisoner with her by the [[Amalekites]] when they plundered Ziklag, &nbsp;1 Samuel 30:5, but was rescued by David. &nbsp;1 Samuel 30:18. </p>

<p> '''Ahinoam''' (a-hĭn'o-ăm, or â-hi-nô'am), brother of pleasantness. 1. The wife of Saul. &nbsp;1 Samuel 14:50. 2. One of David's wives. 25:43; 27:3; 30:5; &nbsp;2 Samuel 2:2; &nbsp;2 Samuel 3:2. </p>

<p> (Hebrew Achino’ am, אֲחַינֹעָם, brother [see AB-] of pleasantness, i e. pleasant), the name of two women. </p> <p> '''1.''' (Sept. Ἀχινοόμ .) The daughter of Ahimaaz, and wife of King Saul (&nbsp;1 Samuel 14:50), B.C. cir. 1093, </p> <p> '''2.''' (Sept. Ἀχινάαμ, but Ἀχιναάμ in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 3:1, and v. r. Ἀχινόομ in &nbsp;2 Samuel 3:2.) A Jezreelitess, the first (according to Josephus, Ant. 6, 13, 8) wife of David, while yet a private person (&nbsp;1 Samuel 25:43; &nbsp;1 Samuel 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 (&nbsp;1 Samuel 30:5; &nbsp;1 Samuel 30:18), B.C. 1054. She is again mentioned as living with him when he was king of [[Judah]] in Hebron (&nbsp;2 Samuel 2:2), B.C. cir. 1052, and was the mother of his eldest son Amnon (&nbsp;2 Samuel 3:2). (See [[David]]) . </p>

<p> '''''a''''' -'''''hi''''' -'''''nō´am''''' , '''''a''''' -'''''hin´o''''' -'''''am''''' ( אחינעם , <i> ''''''ăḥı̄nō‛am''''' </i> , "my brother is pleasantness"): </p> <p> (1) Daughter of Ahimaaz, and wife of King Saul (&nbsp;1 Samuel 14:50 ). </p> <p> (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]] (&nbsp;1 Samuel 25:39-44 ). Three times they are mentioned together, Ahinoam always first (&nbsp;1 Samuel 27:3; &nbsp;1 Samuel 30:5; &nbsp;2 Samuel 2:2 ), and Ahinoam is the mother of David's first son and Abigail of his second (&nbsp;2 Samuel 3:2; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 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. </p>