Ahimelech definition

Ahimelech





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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Ahimelech
     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 five loaves of the showbread) when he
     fled from Saul (1 Sam. 21:1-9). He was summoned into Saul's
     presence, and accused, on the information of Doeg the Edomite,
     of disloyalty because of his kindness to David; whereupon the
     king commanded that he, with the other priests who stood beside
     him (86 in all), should be put to death. This sentence was
     carried into execution by Doeg in the most cruel manner (1 Sam.
     22:9-23). Possibly Abiathar had a son also called Ahimelech, or
     the two names, as some think, may have been accidentally
     transposed in 2 Sam. 8:17; 1 Chr. 18:16, marg.; 24:3, 6, 31.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Ahimelech, my brother is a king; my king's brother
  

















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