Abinadab (a-bĭn'a-dăb), father of nobleness, i.e., noble. 1. 1 Samuel 16:8. One of the eight sons of Jesse, and one of the three of Ins sons who followed Saul in battle. 2. 1 Samuel 31:2. One of Saul's sons who was slain at the battle of Gilboa. 3. 1 Samuel 7:1 and 1 Chronicles 13:7. A Levite of Kirjath-jearim, with whom the ark of the Lord was deposited when it was brought back from the Philistines. 4. 1 Kings 4:11. One of the twelve officers appointed by Solomon to provide alternately, month by month, food for the king and his household.