Ahinadab

Ahinadab (meaning a willing brother or brother of liberality) was the son of Iddo and one of the twelve officers whom Solomon appointed over the districts of Israel to supply provisions for the royal household. Each officer was responsible for one month of the year. Ahinadab's district was Mahanaim, the Transjordanian region that had served as Ish-bosheth's capital after Saul's death and through which Jacob had passed on his return from Paddan-aram (1 Kings 4:14).

Like the other district officers listed in 1 Kings 4, Ahinadab appears only in Solomon's administrative roster. His appointment to the Transjordanian district of Mahanaim reflects the extension of Solomon's administrative reach across the Jordan to encompass territory that had been contested in the transition from Saul to David. The system of monthly provisioning was designed to distribute the burden of royal supply equitably across the kingdom.