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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 62 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABIATHAR (Heb. Ebyathar, "the [divine]
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father is pre-eminent")
  , in the Bible, son of Ahimelech or Ahijah, priest at
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Nob . The only one of the priests to escape from Saul's
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massacre, he fled to David at Keilah, taking with him the
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ephod (I Sam. xxii . 20 f.,
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xxiii . 6, 9) . He was of
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great service to David, especially at the time of the
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rebellion of Absalom (2 Sam. xv . 24, 29, 35, xx . 25) . In r Kings iv . .4 Zadok and Abiathar are found acting together as priests under Solomon . In I Kings i . 7, 19, 25, however, Abiathar appears as a supporter of Adonijah, and in ii . 22 and 26 it is said that he was deposed by Solomon and banished to Anathoth .

In 2 Sam. viii . 17 "Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech" should be read, with the

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Syriac, for "Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar." For a similar confusion see Mark ii . 26 .

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