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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
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Bible, son of Ahimelech or Ahijah,
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priest at
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Nob . The only one of the priests to
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escape from
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Saul's
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massacre, he fled to
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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
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time of the
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rebellion of
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Absalom (2 Sam. xv . 24, 29, 35, xx . 25) . In r
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Kings iv . .4 Zadok and
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Abiathar are found acting together as priests under
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Solomon . In I Kings i . 7, 19, 25, however, Abiathar appears as a supporter of
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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
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Mark ii . 26 .

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