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Ahitub in Wikipedia

brother of goodness = good. A few people in the Bible have this name: (1.) The son of Phinehas, grandson of Eli, and brother of Ichabod. On the death of his grandfather Eli he most likely succeeded to the office of high priest, and would have been succeeded by his son Ahijah (references to Ahitub as the father of are in 1 Sam. 14:3; 22:9, 11, ...

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Ahitub in Naves Topical Bible

1. High priest, father of Ahiah 1Sa 14:3; 22:9,11,12,20 -2. Father of Zadok 2Sa 8:17; 1Ch 18:16 -3. Ruler of the house of God 1Ch 9:11; Ne 11:11 -4. The Ahitub mentioned in 1Ch 6:8,11,12 Is probably identical with the last described above, or else he is confused with Azariah 2Ch 31:10...

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Ahitub in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(brother of goodness). 1. The son of Phinehas and grandson of Eli, and therefore of the family of Ithamar. 1Sa 14:3; 22:9,11 (B.C. 1125.) He was succeeded by his son Ahijah (AHIMELECH). (B.C. 1085.) 2. Son of Amariah, and father of Zadok the high priest, 1Ch 6:7,8; 2Sa 8:17 of the house of Eleazar. (B.C. before 1045.)...

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Ahitub in Easton's Bible Dictionary

brother of goodness = good. (1.) The son of Phinehas. On the death of his grandfather Eli he succeeded to the office of high priest, and was himself succeeded by his son Ahijah (1 Sam. 14:3; 22:9, 11, 12, 20). (2.) The father of Zadok, who was made high priest by Saul after the extermination of the family of Ahimelech (1 Chr. 6:7, 8; 2 Sa...

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Ahitub in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Ahimelech or Ahijah, whose father he was. (See AHIMELECH; AHIJAH.) 2. Amariah's son, and Zadok the high priest's father, or rather grandfather (1 Chronicles 6:7-8; 2 Samuel 8:17). Called "ruler of the house of God," i.e. high priest, 1 Chronicles 9:11. In Nehemiah 11:11 Ahitub appears as grandfather of Zadok and father of Meraioth, of the...

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Ahitub in Hitchcock's Bible Names

brother of goodness...

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Ahitub Scripture - 1 Chronicles 6:7

Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,...

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Ahitub Scripture - 1 Samuel 22:11

Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that [were] in Nob: and they came all of them to the king....

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Ahitub Scripture - 1 Samuel 14:3

And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD'S priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone....

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Ahitub in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

a-hi'-tub ('achiTubh, "brother of goodness," i.e. "good brother," or, "my brother is goodness"): (1) The brother of Ichabod and son of Phinehas the son of Eli (1 Sam 14:3; 22:9,11,12,20), According to 1 Ch 24 he and his line were descended from Aaron through Ithamar. The record implies that he was born while his father and grandfather were pri...

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