7 Bible Verses About Abinadab

And the men of Kirjath–jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord.

1 Samuel 7:1KJV

Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

1 Samuel 16:8KJV

And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

1 Samuel 17:13KJV

So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.

1 Samuel 31:6KJV

And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

1 Samuel 31:8KJV

And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi–shua, Saul’s sons.

1 Samuel 31:2KJV

The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

1 Kings 4:11KJV
The sojourn of the sacred Ark within Abinadab's house, a protracted trust for twenty years, presents a compelling tableau of proximity to the divine. This period of quiet custody stands in poignant contrast to the fateful attempt at its removal. The verses collectively whisper a timeless lesson: the dwelling place of the holy demands not merely passive occupation but active, precise reverence guided by divine instruction. They serve as a sober reminder that the handling of spiritual truth requires diligent understanding and humble adherence to its established order, lest our good intentions falter in the face of forgotten commands.

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