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Person

Abinadab

Male

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 Sam. 7:1). It remained there twenty years, till it was at length removed by David (1 Sam. 7:1, 2; 1 Chr. 13:7).

Relationships

Children Uzzah, Eleazar, Ahio

Key verses

1 Samuel 7:1
The men of Kiriath Jearim came, and took Yahweh’s ark, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep Yahweh’s ark.
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.
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.
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.