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ABIATHAR (Heb. Ebyathar, "the [divine...

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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] See also:father is pre-eminent")  , in the See also:Bible, son of Ahimelech or Ahijah, See also:priest at See also:Nob . The only one of the priests to See also:escape from See also:Saul's See also:massacre, he fled to See also:David at Keilah, taking with him the See also:ephod (I Sam. xxii . 20 f., See also:xxiii . 6, 9) . He was of See also:great service to David, especially at the See also:time of the See also:rebellion of See also:Absalom (2 Sam. xv . 24, 29, 35, xx . 25) . In r See also:Kings iv . .4 Zadok and See also:Abiathar are found acting together as priests under See also:Solomon . In I Kings i . 7, 19, 25, however, Abiathar appears as a supporter of See also: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 See also:

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

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