Abinadab

Abinadab in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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 (1 Sam. 7:1). It remained there twenty years, till it was at length removed by David (1 Sam. 7:1,2; 1 Chr. 13:7). (2.) The second of the eight sons of Jess...

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Abinadab in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("father of willingness".) 1. A Levite of Kirjath-jearim, (but (See LEVITES for doubts as to Abinadab being a Levite,) in whose house the ark remained twenty years (1 Samuel 7:1-2; 1 Chronicles 13:7); Eleazar his son was sanctified to keep it. 2. Jesse's second son (1 Samuel 16:8; 1 Samuel 17:13). 3. Saul's son, slain at Gilboa (1 Samuel 3...

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