ahitub Summary and Overview

brother of goodness = good. (1.) The son of Phinehas. On the death of his grandfather Eli he succeeded to the office of high priest, and was himself succeeded by his son Ahijah (1 Sam. 14:3; 22:9, 11, 12, 20). (2.) The father of Zadok, who was made high priest by Saul after the extermination of the family of Ahimelech (1 Chr. 6:7, 8; 2 Sam. 8:17).

(brother of goodness). 1. The son of Phinehas and grandson of Eli, and therefore of the family of Ithamar. #1Sa 14:3; 22:9,11| (B.C. 1125.) He was succeeded by his son Ahijah (AHIMELECH). (B.C. 1085.) 2. Son of Amariah, and father of Zadok the high priest, #1Ch 6:7,8; 2Sa 8:17| of the house of Eleazar. (B.C. before 1045.)

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 (1 Chronicles 6:7-8; 2 Samuel 8:17). Called "ruler of the house of God," i.e. high priest, 1 Chronicles 9:11. In Nehemiah 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 (1 Chronicles 6:11-12), may be a copyist's error.