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<p> [[Abinadab]] ( ''A-Bĭ'' ''N'A-Dăb'' ), ''Father Of Nobleness, I.E., Noble.'' 1. &nbsp;1 Samuel 16:8. One of the eight sons of Jesse, and one of the three of Ins sons who followed Saul in battle. 2. &nbsp;1 Samuel 31:2. One of Saul's sons who was slain at the battle of Gilboa. 3. &nbsp;1 Samuel 7:1 and &nbsp;1 Chronicles 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. &nbsp;1 Kings 4:11. One of the twelve officers appointed by [[Solomon]] to provide alternately, month by month, food for the king and his household. </p>

<p> ''''' a ''''' - ''''' bin´a ''''' - ''''' dab ''''' ( אבינדב , <i> ''''' 'ăbhı̄nādhābh ''''' </i> , "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"): </p> <p> (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" (&nbsp;1 Samuel 7:1; &nbsp;2 Samuel 6:3 , &nbsp;2 Samuel 6:4 ). To account for the ambiguity note that <i> ''''' gibh'āh ''''' </i> 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 (&nbsp;1 Samuel 6:20 , &nbsp;1 Samuel 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" (&nbsp;Joshua 9:17 , &nbsp;Joshua 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 (&nbsp;1 Samuel 14:18 ). </p> <p> 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]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 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. </p> <p> (2) The second of the eight sons of Jesse, one of the three who were in Saul's army when Goliath gave his challenge (&nbsp;1 Samuel 16:8; &nbsp;1 Samuel 17:13; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:13 ). </p> <p> (3) One of the sons of King Saul (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 8:33; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:39; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 10:2; &nbsp;1 Samuel 31:2 ). He died in the battle of Gilboa, along with his father and brothers. </p> <p> (4) In &nbsp;1 Kings 4:11 the King James Version has "the son of Abinadab," where the Revised Version (British and American) has [[Ben-Abinadab]] . </p>

<p> (Heb. Abinadab', '''''אֲבַינָדָב''''' , ''Father Of Nobleness,'' i.e. ''Noble;'' Sept. everywhere '''''Ἀμιναδάβ''''' , Vulg. ''Abinadab.'' [[Josephus]] '''''Ἀβινάδαβος''''' , Ant. 8:2, 3), the name of four men. </p> <p> '''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 (&nbsp;1 Samuel 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 (&nbsp;2 Samuel 6:3-4; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 13:7). (See Ark). </p> <p> '''2.''' The second of the eight sons of Jesse, the father of David (&nbsp;1 Samuel 16:8; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:13), and one of the three who followed Saul to the campaign against the Philistines in which Goliath defied the army (&nbsp;1 Samuel 17:13), B.C. 1063, </p> <p> '''3.''' The third named of the four sons of King Saul (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 8:33; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:39), and one of the three who perished with their father in the battle at Gilboa (&nbsp;1 Samuel 31:2; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 10:2), B.C. 1053. His name appears to be omitted in the list in &nbsp;1 Samuel 14:49. </p> <p> '''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 (&nbsp;1 Kings 4:11), B.C. ante 1014. </p>