One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Ahinoam. Every Ahinoam in the Bible

person

Ahinoam

אֲחִינֹ֫עַם

Ahinoam of Jezreel was one of David's wives and the mother of his firstborn son, Amnon.

verses
6
first named
1 Samuel 25:43
last named
1 Chronicles 3:1
period
United Monarchy
role
Woman

Description

Who was Ahinoam?

In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

Ahinoam of Jezreel was one of the wives of King David. She became David's wife after he fled from King Saul and settled in the wilderness of Paran. (1Sa.25.43) Ahinoam accompanied David during his time in Ziklag, a city given to him by Achish, the king of Gath. (1Sa.27.3)

When the Amalekites raided Ziklag and took captive the women and children, including Ahinoam, David pursued the raiders and rescued all who had been captured. (1Sa.30.5,18).

After Saul's death, David and his wives, including Ahinoam, moved to Hebron, where David was anointed king over Judah. (2Sa.2.2-4) Ahinoam gave birth to David's firstborn son, Amnon, in Hebron. (2Sa.3.2; 1Ch.3.1)

As one of David's wives, Ahinoam held an important position in the royal household. However, the biblical text does not provide further details about her life or her relationship with David beyond her role as the mother of Amnon.

Relations

Direct connections

Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

How the graph connects Ahinoam6 of 6 entities the graph connects to Ahinoam, in 3 groups: kinship 2, 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.DavidSpouse of · 2 events · 964 versesAmnonMother of · 1 event · 21 versesKinshipCaptivity of Ahinoam and AbigailTook part in · 2 versesDavid’s goingTook part in · 2 versesCompanyHebron2 events · 57 versesAbigail2 events · 14 versesEventsAhinoam

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Places

Where this happens

The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

Where the story of Ahinoam happensThe one place the claims about Ahinoam reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Hebron. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Ahinoam 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.Hebron
United MonarchyThe one place the claims about Ahinoam reach

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Where to read it

Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 6, across 3 books.

  1. 1 Samuel3 verses

    25:4327:330:5

  2. 2 Samuel2 verses

    2:23:2

  3. 1 Chronicles1 verse

    3:1

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