Ahinoam

Ahinoam (meaning beauty of the brother or brother of pleasantness) is the name of two women in the Old Testament. The first was the daughter of Ahimaaz and the wife of King Saul (1 Samuel 14:50), though she receives no further narrative treatment beyond this identification. The second Ahinoam was a woman of Jezreel who became one of David's wives during his fugitive years, along with Abigail the widow of Nabal (1 Samuel 25:43; 27:3).

Both women accompanied David to Ziklag, where they were taken captive during the Amalekite raid, and both were recovered when David pursued the raiders and defeated them (1 Samuel 30:5, 18). Ahinoam of Jezreel bore David's firstborn son, Amnon, at Hebron (2 Samuel 3:2), and thus her name appears in the list of children born to David during his Hebron reign. The Jezreelite origin of the second Ahinoam may reflect David's early connections with the valley of Jezreel during his time operating in the Carmel region.