<strong>AMMINADAB</strong> (ă-mĭn'a-dăb, Heb. <em>‘ammînādhāv, my people are willing</em>, or <em>my kinsman is generous</em>)<br /><br />

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2. A Levite who helped to bring the Ark to Jerusalem in David’s time (<bibleref ref="1Chr.15.10">1 Chron 15:10</bibleref>, <bibleref ref="1Chr.15.11">11</bibleref>) belonging to the sons of Uzziel.<br /><br />

3. According to the LXX (<bibleref ref="Esth.2.15">Esth 2:15</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Esth.9.29">9:29</bibleref>), Amminadab is the father of Esther. The MT, which has “Abihail” should be preferred here to the LXX.

4. According to <bibleref ref="1Chr.6.22">1 Chronicles 6:22</bibleref>, Amminadab is a son of Korah, one of Levi’s descendants, but this cannot be the correct text since Amminadab appears as the father-in-law of Aaron (<bibleref ref="Exod.6.23">Exod 6:23</bibleref>). In a list in <bibleref ref="1Chr.6.1-1Chr.6.81">1 Chronicles 6</bibleref> which is almost parallel is the name Izhar (<bibleref ref="1Chr.6.38">vv. 38</bibleref>f.) which agrees with the genealogy in <bibleref ref="Exod.6.18">Exodus 6:18</bibleref>, <bibleref ref="Exod.6.22">22</bibleref>. Actually, A and L of the LXX have the correct reading of “Izhar” (<bibleref ref="1Chr.6.22">1 Chron 6:22</bibleref>).

<h2>Bibliography</h2>

E. L. Curtis and A. A. Madsen, ICC, <em>Chronicles</em>, 131-136.<br /><br />

<h2>International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)</h2>

(`amminadhabh = "my people (or my kinsman) is generous or noble"): Three persons bearing this name are mentioned in the <span class="auto-link">[[Old Testament]]</span>.

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(2) In the first Book of Chronicles (<bibleref ref="1Chr.6.22">1Ch 6:22</bibleref>) Amminadab is mentioned as a son of Kohath (and therefore a grandson of Levi) and the father of Korah. But in other genealogical passages (<bibleref ref="Exod.6.18">Ex 6:18</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Num.3.19">Nu 3:19</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="1Chr.6.2">1Ch 6:2</bibleref>) the sons of Kohath are Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel, and in two places (<bibleref ref="Exod.6.21">Ex 6:21</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="1Chr.6.38">1Ch 6:38</bibleref>) Izhar is mentioned as the father of Korah.

(3) According to <bibleref ref="1Chr.15.10">1Ch 15:10</bibleref>,<bibleref ref="1Chr.15.11">11</bibleref> Amminadab was the name of a priest who took part in the removal of the ark to Jerusalem. He was the son of Uzziel, and therefore a nephew of Amminadab, son of Kohath (= Izhar).<br /><br />