BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5734
ad.nah — Adnah
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.12.20 § Adnah = "pleasure" 1) a Manassite who deserted from Saul and joined David at Ziklag 2) a captain in charge of over 300,000 men of Judah in the time of Jehoshaphat
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Delight. (1.) A chief of the tribe of Manasseh who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:20). (2.) A general under Jehoshaphat, chief over 300,000 men (2 Chr. 17:14).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
