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Ahitub אֲחִיטוּב
A High Priest. Ahitub was the father of Ahimelech, the High Priest at Nob who was killed by Saul for aiding David.
Family
Where Ahitub appears
1 Samuel (5)
Key verses
- 1 Samuel 14:3 first mention — And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’s priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
- 1 Samuel 22:9 — Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
- 1 Samuel 22:11 — Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
- 1 Samuel 22:12 — And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
- 1 Samuel 22:20 — And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.