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AHINOAM

(Heb. ʾăḥînōʿam)

1. Daughter of Ahimaaz (origin unknown) and wife of King Saul (1 Sam. 14:50). Ahinoam is the only wife named in connection with Saul and is possibly the mother of his seven children (1 Sam. 14:49-50; 1 Chr. 8:33-40; 9:39-44; but cf. 2 Sam. 12:8).

2. Jezreelite wife of David and mother of his firstborn son, Amnon. After her marriage to David (1 Sam. 25:43), she accompanied him on his visit to the Philistine king Achish (27:3). Later taken hostage in an Amalekite raid on Ziklag (30:5), Ahinoam was subsequently rescued and accompanied David to Hebron (2 Sam. 2:2), where he was crowned king of Judah. All references to Ahinoam place her in close literary proximity to another of David’s wives, Abigail.

This Ahinoam and 1 above may be the same person; cf. Nathan’s comment to David, “I gave you . . . your master’s wives” (2 Sam. 12:8).

Bibliography. J. D. Levinson and B. Halpern, “The Political Import of David’s Marriages,” JBL 99 (1980): 507-18.

Linda S. Schearing

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AHINOAM

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)