1 Samuel 14:50
in 1 Samuel 14His 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.
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ASV
and the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the captain of his host was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.
KJV
And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 14
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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.
This site's exposition
the names of his two daughters were these
on 1 Samuel 14:49-51
The family list names Merab and Michal, daughters whose fates the story has not yet reached: Merab is promised to Goliath's slayer at 17:25 and given to another man at 18:19, and Michal becomes David's wife and loses him to Saul's jealousy. Abner the captain of the host is here identified as the son of Ner, Saul's own uncle, which makes Abner the king's cousin and explains the loyalty that carries Saul's house into the war that follows his death. The list is plain record, but every name in it reappears later in the book.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistCommentary on 1 Kings, Book 5, Chapter 4 · Written before 604.
proposed
For what is the wife of the preacher, if not good will? For he who is joined through love to good will, from her as from a noble spouse children are born to him. For when we wish to bring forth the fruit of good works, it is necessary that we first sow them in good will. Hence Ahinoam is fittingly interpreted as "brother's rest." For that brother of ours is He who, rising from the dead, spoke to Mary Magdalene saying: "Go, and tell my brothers: I ascend to my Father and your Father" (John 20:17).
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
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.
And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. 4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
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And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz,....
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשֵׁם֙ | veshem | and [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| אֵ֣שֶׁת | ʾeshet | [the] wife of | H802 → | 781 times |
| שָׁא֔וּל | shaul | Saul | H7586 → | 402 times |
| אֲחִינֹ֖עַם | ʾachinoam | [was] Ahinoam | H293 → | 7 times |
| בַּת־ | bat- | [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| אֲחִימָ֑עַץ | ʾachimaatz | Ahimaaz | H290 → | |
| וְשֵׁ֤ם | veshem | and [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| שַׂר־ | sar- | [the] commander of | H8269 → | 421 times |
| צְבָאוֹ֙ | tzevao | army his | H6635 → | 485 times |
| אֲבִינֵ֔ר | ʾaviner | [was] Abner | H74 → | 63 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| נֵ֖ר | ner | Ner | H5369 → | 17 times |
| דּ֥וֹד | dod | [the] uncle of | H1730 → | 61 times |
| שָׁאֽוּל׃ | shaul | Saul | H7586 → | 402 times |
וְשֵׁם֙and [the] name of
veshemH8034 →864 times
אֵ֣שֶׁת[the] wife of
ʾeshetH802 →781 times
שָׁא֔וּלSaul
shaulH7586 →402 times
אֲחִינֹ֖עַם[was] Ahinoam
ʾachinoamH293 →7 times
בַּת־[the] daughter of
bat-H1323 →588 times
אֲחִימָ֑עַץAhimaaz
ʾachimaatzH290 →
וְשֵׁ֤םand [the] name of
veshemH8034 →864 times
שַׂר־[the] commander of
sar-H8269 →421 times
צְבָאוֹ֙army his
tzevaoH6635 →485 times
אֲבִינֵ֔ר[was] Abner
ʾavinerH74 →63 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
נֵ֖רNer
nerH5369 →17 times
דּ֥וֹד[the] uncle of
dodH1730 →61 times
שָׁאֽוּל׃Saul
shaulH7586 →402 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Samuel 3:27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 2:5
Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them…
- 2 Samuel 20:9–10
“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
- Deuteronomy 27:24
‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- 1 Kings 2:32
The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to…
- 1 Kings 2:5
Through
1 Samuel 17:55As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,”…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 16:21–22
When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul admired him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer.
- 1 Samuel 16:21–22
Through
2 Samuel 2:8Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,
it leads to
- Genesis 32:2
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
- 1 Samuel 17:55
As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,”…
- 1 Chronicles 8:33
Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
- Genesis 32:2
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Samuel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 5, Chapter 4; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.