Dict: easton - Abinadab

easton:

Abinadab @ 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 ( kjv@1Samuel:7:1). It remained there twenty years, till it was at length removed by David ( kjv@1Samuel:7:1-2; kjv@1Chronicles:13:7).

(2.) The second of the eight sons of Jesse ( kjv@1Samuel:16:8). He was with Saul in the campaign against the Philistines in which Goliath was slain ( kjv@1Samuel:17:13).

(3.) One of Saul's sons, who peristed with his father in the battle of Gilboa ( kjv@1Samuel:31:2; kjv@1Chronicles: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 (kjvKings:4:11).