Ahinoam

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. Wife of king Saul1 Samuel 14:50
• 2. Wife of king David1 Samuel 25:431 Samuel 27:31 Samuel 30:51 Samuel 30:182 Samuel 3:2

The passages, in Bible order (6)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 6 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 1 Samuel 14:50

   His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 14:502 voices

   “The only other “Ahimaaz” mentioned in Scripture was the son of Zadok the priest. The word “Ahi” (brother) is frequently found in composition in names in the High Priest’s family, e. g. in Ahijah, Ahimelech. It is not improbable that Ahimaaz may have been of this family, as marriages between the reval and priestly houses were not unusual 2Ki 11:2; 2Ch 22:11, and perhaps it may have been owing to such a connection that Ahijah was brought into prominence by Saul.

   “There is mention of another wife of Saul's ( 2 Sam. xxi. 8 ), Rizpah, a secondary wife, and of the children he had by her. Of his camp and military actions.

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2. 1 Samuel 25:43

   David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 25:431 voice

   “In the list of David’s wives Ahinoam is mentioned first 2Sa 3:2; 1Ch 3:1. But this may be only because her son was the first-born. David’s now taking two wives was an indication of his growing power and importance as a chieftain. The number was increased to six when he reigned in Hebron 1Ch 3:1, and still further when he became king of all Israel 2Sa 5:12-13. See 1Sa 1:2 note. Of Jezreel - Not the well-known city of Samaria, which gave its name to the plain of Esdraelon, but a town of Judah, near Carmel (marginal reference).

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3. 1 Samuel 27:3

   David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 27:32 voices

   "When the Philistines held him in Gath"; this is recounted in the text of the book of Kings [Samuel]. David was terrorized by attacks of Saul and thought that he would be hidden in the city of Gath among the Philistines. But we have said …

   “Every man with his household - So it appears that the men who consorted with David had wives and families. David and his company resembled a tribe of the wandering Arabs.

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4. 1 Samuel 30:5

   David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 30:51 voice

   “And David's two wives were taken captives,.... Which is observed as one cause of his particular distress, and another follows in 1Sa 30:6, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite: that is, who had been his wife; for he was now dead, 1Sa 25:39, and was so before she was married to David; both these came with him to Gath, and were left at Ziklag when he went with Achish, and here they were taken; see 1Sa 25:42.

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5. 1 Samuel 30:18

   So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 30:182 voices

   “And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away,.... The wives and children of the Israelites, and their goods, excepting the provisions they had eaten: and David rescued his two wives; which is particularly observed, because a special concern of his.

   “Providence had so ordered it that the Amalekites carefully preserved all that they had taken, concluding that they kept it for themselves, though really they preserved it for the right owners, so that there was nothing lacking to them; so it proved, when they concluded all was gone: so much better is God oftentimes to us than our own fears.

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6. 2 Samuel 3:2

   And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;

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   “And unto David were sons born in Hebron,.... He was married before he came there, had wives in his state of exile, but had no children by them there, at least no sons; if any, only daughters: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; who being mentioned first, and her son his firstborn, seems to have been his wife before be took Abigail; he had not much comfort of this firstborn son of his; see 2Sa 13:1.

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