Bible Person
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
Father
Saul
Meaning: demanded; lent; ditch; death
Mother
Ahinoam
Meaning: beauty of the brother; brother of motion
Central Figure
Abinadab
Meaning: father of a vow
One of Saul’s sons, who peristed with his father in the battle of Gilboa (1 Sam.
One of Saul’s sons, who peristed with his father in the battle of Gilboa (1 Sam. 31:2; 1 Chr. 10:2). 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.