Ahimelech

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Ahimelech (əhĭm`əlĕk), in the Bible.

1 Priest at Nob, brother of, or perhaps the same as, Ahijah 1 Prophet from Shiloh.

2 Priest in the time of Saul, perhaps the same as Ahimelech (1.)

3 One of David's captains.

4 Scribe.

5 Father of King Baasha .

6 Sealer of the covenant.
..... Click the link for more information. (2.) He befriended David, and Saul had him killed. In some passages his name is reversed with that of his son, Abiathar.

2 Hittite in David's camp.

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He was mistaken, for example, about the identity of the high priest at the time David entered the house of God and ate the holy bread which only the priests were permitted to eat (Mark 2:26); it was Ahimelech (1 Samuel 21:1-6) who did so, not Abiathar, as Jesus thought.

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