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Abiathar ( אביתר, Ebyathar, Evyatar, the father is pre-eminent or father of plenty ), in the Hebrew Bible, son of Ahimelech or Ahijah, High Priest at Nob, the fourth in descent from Eli ( 1 Sam.
The only one of the priests to escape from Saul's massacre, he fled to David at Keilah, taking with him the ephod and other priestly regalies ( 1 Sam.
In 1 Kings 1: 7, 19, 25, however, Abiathar appears as a supporter of Adonijah, and in 2: 22 and 26 it is said that he was deposed by Solomon and banished to Anathoth.
8: 17 Abiathar, the son of Achimelech should be read, with the Syriac, for Achimelech, the son of Abiathar.
A similar confusion occurs in Gospel of Mark 2: 26: In reporting Jesus ' words, the evangelist confused Abiathar with Ahimelech, a mistake into which he was led by the constant association of David ‘ s name with Abiathar.
Suggestions made to resolve the difficulty — e. g. that father and son each bore the same double name, or that Abiathar officiated during his father's lifetime and in his father's stead — have been supported by great names, but have not been fully accepted.
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