Abinadab:
father of nobleness; i.e., "noble."
(1.) 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 (1Sa 7:1). It remained there twenty years, till it was at length removed by David (1Sa 7:1-2; 1Ch 13:7).
(2.) The second of the eight sons of Jesse (1Sa 16:8). He was with Saul in the campaign against the Philistines in which Goliath was slain (1Sa 17:13).
(3.) One of Saul's sons, who peristed with his father in the battle of Gilboa (1Sa 31:2; 1Ch 10:2).
(4.) One of Solomon's officers, who "provided victuals for the king and his household." He presided, for this purpose, over the district of Dor (1Ki 4:11).
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