Abiathar ben Ahia  ben Ahitub

• General Notes
  • And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David  t o Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. And unto  Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth,     unto   thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not   at  this t ime put thee todeath, because thou barest the ark of the     Lord GOD before David my father, andbecause thou hah And one of the  sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar,    esc aped, and  fled after David. Father of excellence, or plenty.  A son of the high  priest Ahijah or Ahimelech, he escapes Saul (1 Sam.  2 2: 20); abides  with David (1 Sam. 23: 6, 9; 1 Sam.30: 7); brings    the ark back to  Jerusalem (2 Sam. 15: 24-36; 2 Sam. 17: 15; 2 Sam.    19: 11); tak ek