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