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Ahinoam

Ahinoam (brother of pleasantness = pleasant) are two Biblical figures.

One is the daughter of Ahimaaz, and wife of Saul (1 Sam. 14:50).
Another is the Jezreelitess, the first wife of David (1 Sam. 25:43;

27:3). She was the mother of Amnon (2 Sam. 3:2). (See 1 Sam. 30:5, 18; 2 Sam. 2:2.)

From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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