Abinadab

Gender: Male

Years: -1042 - -1042

Dictionary Text: 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. It remained there twenty years, till it was at length removed by David,;.

Disambiguation Notes: Abinadab (father of nobleness; i.e., "noble.". 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 ( 1 Samuel 7:1 ). It remained there twenty years, till it was at length removed by David. The second of the eight sons of Jesse ( 1 Samuel 16:8 ). He was with Saul in the campaign against the Philistines in which Goliath was slain. One of Saul's sons, who peristed with his father in the battle of Gilboa. One of Solomon's officers, who "provided victuals for the king and his household." He presided, for this purpose, over the district of Dor.

Family Members

• Children:
  • Uzzah
  • Eleazar
  • Ahio

Verses

• 2 Samuel 6:3: And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.
• 1 Chronicles 13:7: And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
• 1 Samuel 7:1: And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
• 2 Samuel 6:4: And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.