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 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). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ABINADAB a-bin'-a-dab ('abhinadhabh, "father of willingness," or, "my father is willing." This is according to the ordinary usage of the second word in the name-"willing" rather than "munificent" or "noble"): (1) The man in whose house the men of Kiriath-jearim placed the ark, after its return from the land of the Philistines, his house being either in Gibeah of Benjamin or "in the hill" (1 Samuel 7:1 2 Samuel 6:3, 4). To account for the ambiguity note that gibh`ah means hill, and that the place-name Gibeah ordinarily has the definite article. It is natural to think that Abinadab was himself a man of Kiriath-jearim, though the account does not explicitly say so. The record is that the men of Kiriath-jearim were summoned to take charge of the ark at a time when no one else dared to have it (1 Samuel 6:20, 21); and the implication seems to be that they had no option to refuse. Possibly this was due to their being Gibeonites, and hereditary "bondmen" of "the house of my God" (Joshua 9:17, 23). However this may be, they "sanctified" Abinadab's son Eleazar to have charge of the ark. According to the Hebrew and some of the Greek copies, the ark was in Gibeah in the middle of the reign of King Saul (1 Samuel 14:18). About a century later, according to the Bible numbers, David went with great pomp to Kiriath-jearim, otherwise known as Baalah or Baale-judah, to bring the ark from Kiriath-jearim, out of the house of Abinadab in the hill (or, in Gibeah), and place it in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 13 2 Samuel 6). The new cart was driven by two descendants of Abinadab. There may or may not have been another Abinadab then living, the head of the house. (2) The second of the eight sons of Jesse, one of the three who were in Saul's army when Goliath gave his challenge (1 Samuel 16:8; 1 Samuel 17:13 1 Chronicles 2:13). (3) One of the sons of King Saul (1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39; 1 Chronicles 10:2 1 Samuel 31:2). He died in the battle of Gilboa, along with his father and brothers. (4) In 1 Kings 4:11 the King James Version has "the son of Abinadab," where the Revised Version (British and American) has BEN-ABINADAB, which see. Willis J. Beecher

Multi-Version Concordance Abinadab (12 Occurrences) 1 Samuel 7:1 The men of Kiriath Jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Yahweh, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Yahweh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Samuel 16:8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, "Neither has Yahweh chosen this one." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Samuel 17:13 The three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Samuel 31:2 The Philistines followed hard on Saul and on his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 2 Samuel 6:3 They set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 2 Samuel 6:4 They brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was in the hill, with the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS) 1 Kings 4:11 Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife); (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 2:13 and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 8:33 Ner became the father of Kish; and Kish became the father of Saul; and Saul became the father of Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 9:39 Ner became the father of Kish; and Kish became the father of Saul; and Saul became the father of Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 10:2 The Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 13:7 They carried the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)