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Ahitub
Disambiguation
The source enumerates 2 distinct subjects under Ahitub. Jump to one below, or read in order.
Brother of goodness = good.
Ahitub (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).
Ahitub (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).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(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.)
In the Bible
15
Verses where Ahitub is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 6:7
Meraioth was the father of Amariah, Amariah was the father of Ahitub,
- 1 Chronicles 6:8
Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,
- 1 Chronicles 6:11
Azariah was the father of Amariah, Amariah was the father of Ahitub,
- 1 Chronicles 6:12
Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Shallum,
- 1 Chronicles 6:52
Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
- 1 Chronicles 9:11
Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple;
+9 more verses naming Ahitub.
Scripture on Ahitub
8
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Entries that reference Ahitub
4
Ahitub references
13
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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