(Adʹnah) [Pleasure].

1. A valiant military officer of Manasseh who deserted from Saul to David’s army at Ziklag. He fought at David’s side in the pursuit of the marauding band of Amalekites that ravaged David’s camp at Ziklag, and he came to be a chief in David’s army.​—1Ch 12:20, 21; 1Sa 30:1, 2, 17-19.

2. A Judean general of the armies during the reign of King Jehoshaphat, commanding 300,000 valiant, mighty warriors, and exercising control over an additional 480,000 troops under the command of generals Jehohanan and Amasiah, all of whom ministered to the king at Jerusalem.​—2Ch 17:13-16, 19.