Bible Person

Abinadab

Meaning: father of a vow · Male · 5 cross references

This Abinadab entry refers to Saul's son who dies with his father at Gilboa, not the Abinadab associated with the ark. He belongs to the tragic closing scene of Saul's dynasty on the battlefield. First appears in 1 Sam 14:49.1

AI summary: This Abinadab matters because the cross references place him among Saul's children at the point where the first royal house collapses in war. His death alongside Saul and Jonathan at Gilboa marks the scale of the defeat and the loss of dynastic continuity. Genealogical notices preserve his place among Saul's sons even after the narrative catastrophe. Taken together, the material presents this Abinadab as a royal son whose death underscores the downfall of Saul's house.1