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Abinadab

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: A By: George A. Morrish

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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 Sam. 6; 1 Chron. 13:7⁷And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. (1 Chronicles 13:7)).

2. One of the sons of Jesse (1 Sam. 16:8; 17:13⁸Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this. (1 Samuel 16:8)
¹³And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. (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 Sam. 31:2²And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons. (1 Samuel 31:2)).

4. Father of one of Solomon’s twelve officers who provided victuals for the king and his household (1 Kings 4:11¹¹The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: (1 Kings 4:11)).

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