Person Old Testament
Ahinadab
Ahinadab, the son of Iddo, was one of Solomon's twelve governors, responsible for providing provisions for the king's household. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Kings 4:14.
Why it matters. Son of Iddo, a governor under Solomon
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Ahinadab
Ahinadab, the son of Iddo, is mentioned briefly in the context of King Solomon's administration. He was one of the twelve governors appointed by Solomon to oversee the twelve districts of Israel. Each governor was responsible for providing provisions for the king's household for one month out of the year. (1Ki.4.7)
Ahinadab was assigned to the district of Mahanaim, a region east of the Jordan River. (1Ki.4.14) His role as a governor involved ensuring that the necessary supplies were collected and delivered to the royal court during his assigned month.
The appointment of governors over districts was part of Solomon's strategy to organize his kingdom efficiently and to ensure a steady supply of resources for the royal household.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
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- Iddo
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Kings (1 verse)