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
(1 Samuel 7:1) It remained there twenty years,
till it was at length removed by David
(1 Samuel 7:1,2; 1 Chronicles 13:7)
2. 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
(1 Samuel 17:13)
3. One of Saul's sons, who peristed with his father in the battle
of Gilboa
(1 Samuel 31:2; 1 Chronicles 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
(1 Kings 4:11)
