Ahimelech
(Hebrew: אחימלך "the [divine] king is brother"),[1] the son
of Ahitub and father of Abiathar (1 Sam. 22:20-23),
described erroneously in 2 Sam. 8:17 as the son of Abiathar
and in four places in 1 Chronicles.[1] He descended from Eli
in the line of Ithamar. In 1 Chr. 18:16 his name is
Abimelech according to the Masoretic Text,[1] and is
probab...
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a-him'-e-lek ('achimelekh, "brother of a king," or, "my
brother is king," or, "king is brother"):
(1) The father of David's high priest Abiathar: son of
Ahitub, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli (1 Sam 21:1,2,8;
22:9-20; 23:6; 30:7). Ahijah the son of Ahitub (1 Sam
14:3,18) was either the same person under another name, or
was Ahimelech's fa...
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1. Also called AHIA. A high priest, during the reign of David
Gives shewbread and the sword of Goliath to David
1Sa 21; Mr 2:26
Killed by the command of Saul
1Sa 22:9-22
-2. A Hittite, and friend of David
1Sa 26:6...
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(brother of the king).
1. Son of Ahitub, 1Sa 22:11,12 and high priest of Nob
in the days of Saul. He gave David the shew bread to eat, and
the sword of Goliath; and for so doing was put to death, with
his whole house, by Saul's order. Abiathar alone escaped.
[ABIATHAR] (B.C. 1085-1060.)
2. A Hittite. 1Sa 26:6...
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brother of the king, the son of Ahitub and father of
Abiathar (1
Sam. 22:20-23). He descended from Eli in the line of
Ithamar. In
1 Chr. 18:16 he is called Abimelech, and is probably
the same as
Ahiah (1 Sam. 14:3, 18). He was the twelfth high
priest, and
officiated at Nob, where he was visited by David (to
whom and
his companions he gave...
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1. (See ABIATHAR, (See AHIJAH.)
2. The Hittite who, with Abishai, was asked by David:
"Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?" He lost a
precious opportunity of serving the king (Isaiah 6:8); Abishai
alone volunteered (1 Samuel 26:6)....
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And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath
commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man
know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and
what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed [my] servants
to such and such a place....
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These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons
of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and
Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and
Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger
brethren....
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Ahimelech.> Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty
man? the goodness of God [endureth] continually....
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And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, [one] of the
Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and
Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and
[before] the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites:
one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and [one]
taken for Ithamar....
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