Topic
Nadab
36 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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- Leviticus 10:1Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Aaron — Offers “strange” (unauthorized) fire to God, and is destroyed
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
- 1 Chronicles 2:28Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. Great-grandson of Jerahmeel
And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.
- Exodus 6:23Easton · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Aaron
And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- Exodus 24:1Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Aaron — Called to Mount Sinai with Moses and Aaron to worship
And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
- Exodus 28:1Easton · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Aaron — Set apart to priesthood
And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
- Leviticus 10:2Easton · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Aaron — Offers “strange” (unauthorized) fire to God, and is destroyed
And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
- Numbers 3:2Easton · Smith · ISBE
And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- Numbers 3:4Easton · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Aaron — Offers “strange” (unauthorized) fire to God, and is destroyed
And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.
- 1 Kings 14:20Easton · ISBE · Nave 2. Son and successor of Jeroboam
And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
- 1 Chronicles 2:30Easton · ISBE · Nave 3. Great-grandson of Jerahmeel
And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
- 1 Chronicles 8:30Smith · ISBE · Nave 4. A Benjamite
And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
- Exodus 24:9ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Aaron — Called to Mount Sinai with Moses and Aaron to worship
¶ Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
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- Numbers 26:60 Easton · ISBE
- Numbers 26:61 ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Aaron — Offers “strange” (unauthorized) fire to God, and is destroyed
- 1 Kings 15:25–31 Smith · Nave 2. Son and successor of Jeroboam — His wicked reign; murdered by Baasha
- 1 Chronicles 9:36 Smith · Nave 4. A Benjamite
- Exodus 8:1–32 Smith
- Exodus 13:1–22 Smith
- Exodus 24:10 Nave 1. Son of Aaron — Called to Mount Sinai with Moses and Aaron to worship
- Exodus 28:4 Nave 1. Son of Aaron — Set apart to priesthood
- Exodus 28:40–43 Nave 1. Son of Aaron — Set apart to priesthood
- Exodus 30:9 ISBE
- Leviticus 6:13 Smith
- Leviticus 10:4 Nave 1. Son of Aaron — Is buried
- Leviticus 10:5 Nave 1. Son of Aaron — Is buried
- Leviticus 10:6 Nave 1. Son of Aaron — His father and brothers forbidden to mourn
- Leviticus 10:7 Nave 1. Son of Aaron — His father and brothers forbidden to mourn
- Leviticus 10:8 ISBE
- Leviticus 10:9 ISBE
- Joshua 19:44 Easton
- 1 Kings 14:1–31 ISBE
- 1 Kings 15:25–28 Easton
- 1 Kings 15:25 ISBE
- 1 Kings 15:27–31 ISBE
- 1 Kings 15:29 Easton
- 1 Chronicles 6:3 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 13 references
Liberal, generous. (1.) The eldest of Aaron’s four sons (Ex. 6:23; Num. 3:2). He with his brothers and their father were consecrated as priests of Jehovah (Ex. 28:1). He afterwards perished with Abihu for the sin of offering strange fire on the altar of burnt-offering (Lev. 10:1,2; Num. 3:4; 26:60).
(2.) The son and successor of Jeroboam, the king of Israel (1 Kings 14:20). While engaged with all Israel in laying siege to Gibbethon, a town of southern Dan (Josh. 19:44), a conspiracy broke out in his army, and he was slain by Baasha (1 Kings 15:25-28), after a reign of two years (B.C. 955-953). The assassination of Nadab was followed by that of his whole house, and thus this great Ephraimite family became extinct (1 Kings 15:29).
(3.) One of the sons of Shammai in the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 2:28, 30).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 10 references
- The eldest son of Aaron and Elisheba. Exod 8 13 Numb 3:2. (B.C. 1490.) He, his father and brother, and seventy old men of Israel were led out from the midst of the assembled people, (Exodus 24:1) and were commended to stay and worship God "afar off," below the lofty summit of Sinai, where Moses alone was to come near to the Lord. Subsequently, (Leviticus 10:1) Nadab and his brother were struck dead before the sanctuary by fire from the Lord. Their offence was kindling the incense in their censers with "strange" fire, i.e. not taken from that which burned perpetually, (Leviticus 6:13) on the altar.
- King Jeroboam’s son, who succeeded to the throne of Israel B.C. 954, and reigned two years. (1 Kings 15:25-31) At the siege of Gibbethon a conspiracy broke out in the midst of the army, and the king was slain by Baasha, a man of Issachar.
- A son of Shammai (1 Chronicles 2:28) of the tribe of Judah.
- A son of Gibeon, (1 Chronicles 8:30; 9:36) of the tribe of Benjamin.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 22 references
na'-dab (nadhabh, "noble"; Nadab):
(1) Aaron's first-born son (Ex 6:23; Nu 3:2; 26:60; 1Ch 6:3 (Hebrew 5:29); 24:1). He was permitted with Moses, Aaron, the 70 elders, and his brother Abihu to ascend Mt. Sinai and behold the God of Israel (Ex 24:1,9). He was associated with his father and brothers in the priestly office (Ex 28:1). Along with Abihu he was guilty of offering "strange fire," and both "died before Yahweh" (Le 10:1,2; Nu 3:4; 26:61). The nature of their offense is far from clear. The word rendered "strange" seems in this connection to mean no more than "unauthorized by the Law" (see zur, in BDB, and compare Ex 30:9). The proximity of the prohibition of wine to officiating priests (Le 10:8,9) has given rise to the erroneous suggestion of the Midrash that the offense of the brothers was drunkenness.
(2) A descendant of Jerahmeel (1Ch 2:28,30).
(3) A Gibeonite (1Ch 8:30).
(4) Son of Jeroboam I and after him for two years king of Israel (1Ki 14:20; 15:25). While Nadab was investing Gibbethon, a Philistine stronghold, Baasha, who probably was an officer in the army, as throne-robbers usually were, conspired against him, slew him and seized the throne (1Ki 15:27-31). With the assassination of Nadab the dynasty of Jeroboam was extirpated, as foretold by the prophet Ahijah (1Ki 14). This event is typical of the entire history of the Northern Kingdom, characterized by revolutions and counter-revolutions.
John A. Lees
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Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.