Ahinoam

"Brother of pleasantness, i.e. pleasant." The name of various biblical personages:

  1. The daughter of Ahimaaz, and wife of Saul.1
  2. A Jezreelitess, the first wife of David.2 She was the mother of Amnon.3

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References

Notes

  1. 1 Sam. 14:50.
  2. 1 Sam. 25:43; 27:3.
  3. 2 Sam. 3:2; See 1 Sam. 30:5, 18; 2 Sam. 2:2.

Source

  • Easton, M.G. (1897). Easton's Bible Dictionary. New York: Harper & Brothers.

This article incorporates text from Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) by M.G. Easton, which is in the public domain.