נָדָב (na.dav)

Key Verses

• Exodus 24:1

  He said to Moses, “Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.

  This verse establishes Nadab’s initial elevation alongside Moses and the elders, marking his inclusion in a unique spiritual encounter.

• Leviticus 10:1

  Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before Yahweh, which he had not commanded them.

  Here the narrative shifts dramatically as Nadab and Abihu offer unauthorized fire, illustrating the severe consequences of disregarding specific divine commands.

• Numbers 3:4

  Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh when they offered strange fire before Yahweh in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the presence of Aaron their father.

  This passage confirms their death and lack of heirs, explaining why the priestly line continued solely through Eleazar and Ithamar.

• I Kings 15:25

  Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.

  This reference introduces the second Nadab as king, noting his short two-year reign which ended in assassination by Baasha.

• I Chronicles 24:2

  But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

  The chronicler reiterates the death of Nadab and Abihu to explain the administrative restructuring of the priestly divisions under Eleazar and Ithamar.