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.

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.

Ahimelech ( Hebrew: אחימלך " the king is brother "), the son of Ahitub and father of Abiathar ( 1 Sam.

Abiathar is described by the Book of Chronicles as being a direct ( paternal ) descendant of Ithamar ; the Books of Samuel state that Abiathar was a son of Ahimelek and that Ahimelek was a son of Ahitub, who is the brother of Ichabod.

During the rebellion of Absalom, Zadok is mentioned as He and the Levites wished to accompany the fleeing David and bring along the Ark of the Covenant, but the king instructed them to remain at Jerusalem, where they could do him better service ), so that it actually happened that Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, along with Jonathan, the son of Abiathar, brought the fleeing king a life saving message.

In all these passages Zadok is mentioned in precedence to Abiathar.

He is able likewise to convey information to David through Zadok, Abiathar, and their sons: Ahimaaz, Zadok's son and Jonathan, Abiathar's son.

Part of the curse on the House of Eli – that none of Eli's male descendants would live to old age – was fulfilled with the death of Ahimelech ; the other part of the Curse on the House of Eli – that the priesthood would pass out of his descendants – was fulfilled when Abiathar was deposed from the office of High Priest.

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.

According to the Jewish Encyclopedia Abiathar was deposed from office when he was deserted by the Holy Spirit without which the Urim and Thummin could not be consulted.

A contemporary document, the Megillah of the gaon Abiathar from the land of Israel, gives an authentic account of this episode of the Egyptian exilarchate, which ended with the downfall of David ben Daniel in 1094 Q. R ." xv.

The priests Zadok and Abiathar remained behind in Jerusalem, and their sons Jonathan and Ahimaaz served as David's spies.

In 1 Kings 4: 4 Zadok and Abiathar are found acting together as priests under Solomon.

8: 17 Abiathar, the son of Achimelech should be read, with the Syriac, for Achimelech, the son of 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.

22: 17-21 ), Joash escaped death because in the latter case one priest, Abiathar, survived ( Sanh.

When David ascended the throne of Judah, Abiathar was appointed High Priest ( 1 Chr.

Abiathar was deposed ( the sole historical instance of the deposition of a high priest ) and banished to his home at Anathoth by Solomon, because he took part in the attempt to raise Adonijah to the throne.

David's priest Abiathar was exiled by Solomon because he had sided with Adonijah.

8: 17 as the son of Abiathar and in four places in 1 Chronicles.

Possibly Abiathar had a son also called Ahimelech, or the two names, as some think, may have been accidentally transposed in 2 Sam.

David's remorse, ), but Joash escaped death because in the latter case one priest, Abiathar, survived.

In the narrative, when David's men discovered that their families had been captured, they became angry with David, but once David had sought divination from the ephod that Abiathar possessed, he managed to persuade them to join him in a pursuit of the captors, as the divination was favourable.

In his old age John was blinded by cataracts, but recovered his eyesight by the operation of couching conducted by his physician Abiathar Crescas, a Jew.

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