3 others in the registry answer to the name Abinadab. Every Abinadab in the Bible

person · also Ishvi

Abinadab

אֲבִינָדָב

Abinadab, also known as Ishvi, was one of the sons of King Saul who died alongside his father and brothers in battle against the Philistines at Mount Gilboa.

verses
5
first named
1 Samuel 14:49
last named
1 Chronicles 10:2
period
United Monarchy
tribe
Benjamin

Description

Who was Abinadab?

In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

Abinadab, also referred to as Ishvi, was one of the sons of King Saul, the first king of Israel (1Sa.14.49; 1Ch.8.33; 9.39). He was the brother of Jonathan, Malchishua, and Esh-baal (also known as Ish-bosheth).

Abinadab fought alongside his father and brothers in the battle against the Philistines at Mount Gilboa. In this battle, Saul and his sons, including Abinadab, were killed (1Sa.31.2; 1Ch.10.2). The Philistines found their bodies the following day and fastened Saul's body to the wall of Beth-shan, while the bodies of his sons were taken to Jabesh-gilead and buried there (1Sa.31.8-13).

The death of Abinadab and his brothers marked the end of Saul's reign and paved the way for David to become king over Israel.

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How the graph connects Abinadab10 of 13 entities the graph connects to Abinadab, in 3 groups: kinship 6, company 2, events 2. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.SaulChild of · 4 events · 327 versesJonathanSibling of · 4 events · 82 versesMichalSibling of · 16 versesIsh-boshethSibling of · 12 versesMalchi-shuaSibling of · 4 events · 5 versesMerabSibling of · 4 versesKinshipDeath of Men Of Israel, Jonathan, Abinadab, Malchi-Shua, and SaulTook part in · 5 versesMen Of Israel and Philistia’s death of Jonathan, Abinadab, Malchi-Shua, Saul, and Saul Three SonsTook part in · 4 versesCompanyPhilistia3 events · 250 versesGilboa Mount2 events · 6 versesEventsAbinadab

The 10 best-attested of 13 are drawn. All 13 are listed below.

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Where the story of Abinadab happensThe one place the claims about Abinadab reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Gilboa_Mount. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Abinadab there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Gilboa_Mount
United MonarchyThe one place the claims about Abinadab reach

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Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 5, across 2 books.

  1. 1 Samuel2 verses

    14:4931:2

  2. 1 Chronicles3 verses

    8:339:3910:2

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