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NADAB

(Heb. nāḏāḇ)

1. Firstborn son of Aaron and Elisheba (Exod. 6:23; Num. 3:2; 26:60; 1 Chr. 6:3[MT 5:29]; 24:1). Nadab accompanied Moses, Aaron, the 70 elders, and his brother Abihu up Mt. Sinai, where they saw the God of Israel (Exod. 24:1-2, 9-11). He and his father and brothers were appointed priests (Exod. 28:1). Nadab transgressed the law (Exod. 30:9) with Abihu in offering “unauthorized” (NRSV ‘illicit’) fire” in burning incense before the Lord (Num. 26:61). Drunkenness may have been an element in the sin (Lev. 10:8-9).

2. A king of Israel, successor to his father Jeroboam I. He is said to have reigned for two years (1 Kgs. 14:20; 15:25-31). Nadab’s murder after such a short reign indicated how unstable the political situation was in the northern kingdom. His evil reign was ended when he was assassinated by Baasha of Issachar, ending the dynasty of Jereboam and fulfilling Ahijah’s prophecy (1 Kgs. 14:1-20). The only noteworthy event during his reign was the Israelites’ siege of Gibbethon (1 Kgs. 15:27).

3. A son of Shammai, of the house of Jerahmeel, and a descendant of Tamar, daughter-in-law of Judah (1 Chr. 2:28, 30).

4. A Benjaminite, son of Jeiel and Maacah; brother of Kish, who was the father of King Saul (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36).

5. Relative of Ahikar (Tob. 11:18), and one of the guests at the wedding of Tobias. When Tobias returned with Sarah, his bride, Nadab and his uncle came to the marriage ceremony, which was celebrated for seven days with great festivity.

Larry L. Walker

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NADAB

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)