AHINOAM

(A·hinʹo·am) [my brother is delight, joy].

1. King Saul’s wife, daughter of Ahimaaz, and apparently the mother of Jonathan.—1 Sam. 14:49, 50.

2. The Jezreelite wife of David. (1 Sam. 25:43; 2 Sam. 2:2) She accompanied David in his exile to Philistia, was captured by Amalekite raiders at Ziklag, and was rescued unharmed. (1 Sam. 27:3; 30:5, 18) Later, in Hebron, she became the mother of David’s firstborn, Amnon.—2 Sam. 3:2; 1 Chron. 3:1.