Ahinoam

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ahin'o-am. (Brother Of Grace, that is, Gracious).

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

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

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Daughter of Ahimaaz andwife of Saul.  1 Samuel 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.  1 Samuel 25:43;  1 Samuel 27:3;  1 Samuel 30:5,18 . She was with David when he came to the kingdom, and while at Hebron bare to David, Amnon his first-born.  2 Samuel 2:2; 2Sam. 3:2.; 1 Chronicles 3:1 .

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Ahinoam ( A-Hĭ N'O-Ăm, or Â-Hi-Nô'Am ), Brother Of Pleasantness. 1. The wife of Saul.  1 Samuel 14:50. 2. One of David's wives. 25:43; 27:3; 30:5;  2 Samuel 2:2;  2 Samuel 3:2.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

1. Daughter of Ahimaaz and wife of Saul,  1 Samuel 14:50 .

2. A woman of Jezreel, wife of David and mother Amnon. She was taken captive by the Amalekites, at Ziklag,  1 Samuel 30:5; but was recovered by David, and accompanied him to Hebron,  2 Samuel 2:2;  3:2 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Samuel 14:50 2 1 Samuel 25:43 1 Samuel 27:3 1 Samuel 30:1-20 2 Samuel 2:2-4 2 Samuel 3:2

Easton's Bible Dictionary

• The daughter of Ahimaaz, and wife of Saul (1Samuel 14:50).
• A Jezreelitess, the first wife of David (1Samuel 25:43; 27:3). She was the mother of Amnon (2Samuel 3:2). (See 1Samuel 30:5,18;  2 Samuel 2:2 .)

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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

1. (Sept. Ἀχινοόμ .) The daughter of Ahimaaz, and wife of King Saul ( 1 Samuel 14:50), B.C. cir. 1093,

2. (Sept. Ἀχινάαμ , but Ἀχιναάμ in  1 Chronicles 3:1, and v. r. Ἀχινόομ in  2 Samuel 3:2.) A Jezreelitess, the first (according to Josephus, Ant. 6, 13, 8) wife of David, while yet a private person ( 1 Samuel 25:43;  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 ( 1 Samuel 30:5;  1 Samuel 30:18), B.C. 1054. She is again mentioned as living with him when he was king of Judah in Hebron ( 2 Samuel 2:2), B.C. cir. 1052, and was the mother of his eldest son Amnon ( 2 Samuel 3:2). (See David) .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a - hi - nō´am , a - hin´o - am ( אחינעם , 'ăḥı̄nō‛am , "my brother is pleasantness"):

(1) Daughter of Ahimaaz, and wife of King Saul ( 1 Samuel 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 ( 1 Samuel 25:39-44 ). Three times they are mentioned together, Ahinoam always first ( 1 Samuel 27:3;  1 Samuel 30:5;  2 Samuel 2:2 ), and Ahinoam is the mother of David's first son and Abigail of his second ( 2 Samuel 3:2;  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.

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

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 ( 1 Samuel 25:43;  1 Samuel 27:3;  1 Samuel 30:5;  2 Samuel 2:2;  2 Samuel 3:2).