AHINOAM ə hĭn’ ō əm (אֲחִינֹ֖עַם, my brother is delight). 1. Daughter of Ahimaaz and wife of Saul (1 Sam 14:50).

2. A woman from Jezreel whom David married after Saul took Michal from him and gave her to another husband. Ahinoam was prob. his first wife, even though (25:39-44) his marriage to Abigail is mentioned first. Three other times they are mentioned together, and Ahinoam is always mentioned first (27:3; 30:5; 2 Sam 2:2). She was the mother of David’s first son, Amnon, and Abigail was mother of his second (2 Sam 3:2; 1 Chron 3:1).