Ahitub (Hastings' Dictionary)
- Son of Phinehas and" gianilson of Eli, the father of Ahimelech or Ahijah the priest who was put to death by Saul (1 S U^ 22»- »). 2 Aec to 2 S 8 ' = 1 Ch is'") the father, ace. to 1 Ch 9" Neh 11" the erandfather, of Zadok the priest who was con- temporary with Da^-id and Solomon. It is very doubtful, however, whether this A. does not owe his existence to a copyist's error. The text of 2 S 8" should probably run -^D-ntqa Tn>3Ki pnin 3iD-nK-iD • ' And Zadok and Abiathar the son of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub' (so Wellhausen, Budde, Kittel, Driver). 3. Still more exposed to su.'spicion is the existence of another A., father of another Zadok (1 Ch 6"-", 1 Es 8;, 2 Es 1'). 4. An ancestor of Judith, Jth 8', AV Acitho. J. A. Selbie. AHLAB (aSnN), Jg 1«'.-A city of Asher. The site is supposed to be that of the later Gush Halab or Gischala (Jos. Life, 10; Wars, XI. xxi 1), now El-Jlsh in Upper Galilee ; but this is, of course, uncertain. See Neubauer, Giog. Tal. a V Gushhalab ; and Reland, Pal. Illustr. p. 817. C. R. CONDER. AHLAI (•'?nN '0 thatl' cf. Ps 119»).-1. The daughter (?) of Sheshan (1 Ch 2«, cf. v.") 2. The father of Zabad. one of David's mighty men (1 Ch 11").
This topic also has an entry in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Both articles offer independent scholarly perspectives.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Ahitub
Ahitub a-hi'-tub ('achiTubh, "brother of goodness," i.e. "good brother," or, "my brother is goodness"): ⇒See a list of verses on AHITUB in the Bible. (1) The brother of Ichabod and son of Phinehas the son of Eli (1Sa 14:3; 22:9,11-12,20), According to 1Ch 24:1-31 he and his line were descended from Aaron through Ithamar. The record implies that he was born while his father and grandfather were priests at Shiloh, and it says that he was the father and grandfather of priests; but it is silent as to his own exercise of the priestly office. We have no information concerning the office from the time when the Philistines captured the ark till Saul became king. See AHIJAH; AHIMELECH; ABIATHAR. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia. (2) A descendant of Aaron through Eleazar: by this fact distinguished from Ahitub, the descendant of Ithamar, though nearly contemporaneous with him. Especially known as the father of Zadok who, at Solomon's accession, became sole high priest (2Sa 8:17; 1Ch 6:8; 18:16). His genealogical line, from Levi to the Exile, is given in 1Ch 6:1-15 (1Ch 5…
Smith's Bible Dictionary on Ahitub
(brother of goodness). The son of Phinehas and grandson of Eli, and therefore of the family of Ithamar. (1 Samuel 14:3; 22:9,11) (B.C. 1125.) He was succeeded by his son Ahijah (Ahimelech). (B.C. 1085.) Son of Amariah, and father of Zadok the high priest, (1 Chronicles 6:7,8; 2 Samuel 8:17) of the house of Eleazar. (B.C. before 1045.)
Fausset's Bible Dictionary on Ahitub
1. Ahimelech or Ahijah, whose father he was. (See AHIMELECH; AHIJAH) 2. Amariah's son, and Zadok the high priest's father, or rather grandfather (1Ch 6:7-8; 2Sa 8:17). Called "ruler of the house of God," i.e. high priest, 1Ch 9:11. In Neh 11:11 Ahitub appears as grandfather of Zadok and father of Meraioth, of the house of Eleazar. Thus there would seem to have been in the same age Ahitub of the house of Eli, sprung from Ithamar, and also Ahitub of the house of Eleazar. 3. The mention of a third Ahitub, son of another Amariah, and father of another Zadok (1Ch 6:11-12), may be a copyist's error.
References
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- Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia