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Ahinoam

Mentioned 1059–1047 BC traditional (Jones)

A Jezreelitess, the first wife of David (1 Sam. 25:43; 27:3). She was the mother of Amnon (2 Sam. 3:2).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Partner
David
Child
Amnon
Tagged in
6 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Places

Places named in the same verses as Ahinoam, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. possible location: Jezreel5
  2. likely location: Carmel3
  3. likely location: Hebron2
  4. likely location: Gath1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1084–1022 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 3 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

6 tagged verses in 3 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. 1 Samuel3
  2. 2 Samuel2
  3. 1 Chronicles1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBAhinoam 7
KJVAhinoam 7
ASVAhinoam 7

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 6 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

1 Samuel3 verses
  1. 25:43

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

  2. 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.

  3. 30:5

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

2 Samuel2 verses
  1. 2:2

    So David went there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.

  2. 3:2

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

1 Chronicles1 verse
  1. 3:1

    These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second was Daniel by Abigail of Carmel;

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

A Jezreelitess, the first wife of David (1 Sam. 25:43; 27:3). She was the mother of Amnon (2 Sam. 3:2). (See 1 Sam. 30:5, 18; 2 Sam. 2:2.)