Bible Person
Meaning: father of a vow · Male · 4 cross references
This Abinadab entry refers to the man of Kiriath-jearim in whose house the ark is kept, not Saul's son already separately overridden. His household becomes the temporary resting place of the ark before David brings it to Jerusalem. First appears in 1 Sam 7:1.1
AI summary: This Abinadab matters because the cross references present his house as a crucial intermediate place in the ark's history. The ark rests there for years, his son is consecrated to guard it, and later David's attempt to move it from that house leads to the death of Uzzah. His household is therefore deeply bound up with Israel's reverence and mishandling of holy things. Taken together, the material presents this Abinadab as the householder whose family becomes central to the ark's transitional story.1
Central Figure
Abinadab
Meaning: father of a vow
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.
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). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.