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Abiathar (əbī`əthär), in the Bible, priest, son of Ahimelech, the only one of his family who escaped massacre by Doeg. He fled to David, to whom he remained loyal. Later he sided with Adonijah against Solomon, who took away his priesthood. Abiathar only son of Ahimelech to avoid Saul’s slaughter. [O.T.: I Samuel 22:20] See : Escape How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Jesus'
explanation seems a stretch (it was not even Abiathar who was the priest
in the 1 Samuel story he makes reference to). If one looks behind this reference to 1 Kings 2:26-27--a text
carefully placed by the Deuteronomists at the beginning of the royal
history in the regime of Solomon--we learn that four hundred years
before Jeremiah Abiathar, a priest of David, was banished by Solomon to
his home village of Anatoth because he did not support the craven
ambitions of the money-mad Solomon (Wilson: 233-35). |
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