One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Adnah. Every Adnah in the Bible
- verses
- 1
- first named
- 1 Chronicles 12:20
- last named
- 1 Chronicles 12:20
- period
- Divided Monarchy
- role
- Warrior
Description
Who was Adnah?
Adnah is mentioned in 1Ch.12.20 as one of the Manassite leaders who joined David at Ziklag when he was seeking refuge from King Saul. Along with other warriors from the tribes of Benjamin and Judah, these Manassites defected to David and provided him with military support.
The context of 1Chronicles 12 describes the various groups of warriors who aligned themselves with David during his time of exile and his rise to power. These men were skilled in battle and loyal to David, recognizing him as the chosen leader of Israel.
Adnah's defection to David, along with the other Manassite leaders, demonstrates the growing support for David as the future king, even among the northern tribes. It also highlights David's ability to attract and inspire loyalty from a diverse group of warriors.
Apart from being listed as one of the Manassite leaders who joined David at Ziklag, no other information is provided about Adnah's background, family, or personal exploits.
Relations
Direct connections
The kinship import reads the registry's own columns — parent, child, sibling, spouse — for every entity in it, and records none here. An extracted relation would be listed beside them, and none names this person either.
Not stated
No family is recorded for this person.
Places
Where this happens
A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.
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