Abinadab is mentioned 4 times in scripture, across 3 books of the Old Testament. First named in scripture around 1042 BC.
A Levite of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house the ark of the covenant was deposited after having been brought back from the land of the Philistines (1 Sam. 7:1). It remained there twenty years, till it was at length removed by David (1 Sam. 7:1, 2; 1 Chr. 13:7).