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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 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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