Dictionaries :: Adnah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Adnah:

delight. (1.) A chief of the tribe of Manasseh who joined David at Ziklag (1Ch 12:20). (2.) A general under Jehoshaphat, chief over 300,000 men (2Ch 17:14).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Adnah:

eternal rest

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Adnah:

ad'-na (‘adhnach, "pleasure"; Edna):

(1) A warrior of the tribe of Manasseh, who deserted Saul and joined David's forces at Ziklag (1Ch 12:20,21)

(2) An officer of high rank, perhaps the commander-in-chief of Jehoshaphat's army (2Ch 17:14). Here the spelling in Hebrew is ‘adhnah.

Nave's Topical Bible

Adnah: 1. One of David's Captains

1Ch 12:20

Adnah: 2. A Military Chief

2Ch 17:14

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Adnah:

(pleasure).

(1.) A Manassite who deserted from Saul and joined the fortunes of David on his road to Ziklag from the camp of the Philistines. He was captain of a thousand of his tribe, and fought at David's side in the pursuit of the Amalekites (1 Chronicles 12:20). (B.C. 1054)

(2.)The captain of over 300,000 men of Judah who were in Jehoshaphat's army (2 Chronicles 17:14). (B.C. 908)