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ABINADAB

(Heb. ʾăḇînādāḇ)

1. The father of Eleazer. 1 Sam. 7:1 reports that men from Kiriath-jearim moved the ark from Beth-shemesh to the “house of Abinadab” where the newly consecrated son of Abinadab, Eleazar, took responsibility for the ark. Abinadab was also the father of Uzzah and possibly Ahio (2 Sam. 6:3, 4; 1 Chr. 13:7), if Heb. ʾaḥyô is a personal name and not a reference to Eleazar, “his brother.” Eleazar’s consecration, the 20-year possession of the ark, and the ambiguous Hebrew term bêṯ suggest that the “house of Abinadab” refers to a temple.

2. Jesse’s second son (1 Sam. 16:8; 1 Chr. 2:13), who served in Saul’s army against the Philistines at Elah where David killed Goliath (1 Sam. 17:13).

3. The fourth son of Saul (1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39), who died with his brothers Jonathan and Malchishua on Mt. Gilboa (1 Sam. 31:2; 1 Chr. 10:2). 1 Sam. 14:49 omits Abinadab in Saul’s genealogy.

William D. Matherly

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ABINADAB

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)