Abinadab

Morrish Bible Dictionary

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 Samuel 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 Samuel 6 .;  1 Chronicles 13:7 .

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

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

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

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Abinadab ( A-Bĭ N'A-Dăb ), Father Of Nobleness, I.E., Noble. 1.  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.  1 Samuel 31:2. One of Saul's sons who was slain at the battle of Gilboa. 3.  1 Samuel 7:1 and  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.  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.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("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 ( 1 Samuel 7:1-2;  1 Chronicles 13:7); Eleazar his son was sanctified to keep it.

2. Jesse's second son ( 1 Samuel 16:8;  1 Samuel 17:13).

3. Saul's son, slain at Gilboa ( 1 Samuel 31:2).

4.  1 Kings 4:7;  1 Kings 4:11.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Abin'adab.

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

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

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

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

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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

Easton's Bible Dictionary

• A Levite of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house the ark of the covenant was deposited after having been brought back from the land of the Philistines (1Samuel 7:1). It remained there twenty years, till it was at length removed by David (1Samuel 7:1,2; 1Chronicles 13:7).
• The second of the eight sons of Jesse (1Samuel 16:8). He was with Saul in the campaign against the Philistines in which Goliath was slain (1Samuel 17:13).
• One of Saul's sons, who peristed with his father in the battle of Gilboa (1Samuel 31:2; 1Chronicles 10:2).
• One of Solomon's officers, who "provided victuals for the king and his household." He presided, for this purpose, over the district of Dor (1Kings 4:11).

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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

1. A son of Jesse, one of the three who followed Saul in the war with the Philistines,  1 Samuel 16:8;  17:13 .

2. A son of Saul, slain in the battle at Gilboa,  1 Samuel 31:2 .

3. A Levite of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house the ark of God, when restored by the Philistines, remained seventy years,  1 Samuel 7:1;  1 Chronicles 13:7 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Samuel 7:1-2 2 Samuel 6:3-4 2 1 Samuel 16:8 1 Samuel 17:13 3 1 Samuel 31:2 4 1 Kings 4:11

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

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

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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" ( 1 Samuel 7:1;  2 Samuel 6:3 ,  2 Samuel 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 ( 1 Samuel 6:20 ,  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" ( Joshua 9:17 ,  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 ( 1 Samuel 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 ( 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.

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

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

(4) In  1 Kings 4:11 the King James Version has "the son of Abinadab," where the Revised Version (British and American) has Ben-Abinadab .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(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.

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 ( 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 ( 2 Samuel 6:3-4;  1 Chronicles 13:7). (See Ark).

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

3. The third named of the four sons of King Saul ( 1 Chronicles 8:33;  1 Chronicles 9:39), and one of the three who perished with their father in the battle at Gilboa ( 1 Samuel 31:2;  1 Chronicles 10:2), B.C. 1053. His name appears to be omitted in the list in  1 Samuel 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 ( 1 Kings 4:11), B.C. ante 1014.

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

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 ( 1 Samuel 16:8).

Abinadab, 2

Abinadab, one of Saul's sons, who was slain at the battle of Gilboa ( 1 Samuel 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 ( 1 Samuel 7:1-2;  1 Chronicles 13:7) [ARK].