* Abiathar.
It appears from the passage referred to here, that Ahimelech
was then high priest at Nob; and from other passages, that
Abiathar was his son. Various conjectures have been formed in
order to solve this difficulty; and some, instead of untying,
have cut the knot, by pronouncing it an interpolation. The
most probable opinion seems to be, that both father and son
had two names, the father being also called Abiathar; and this
appears almost certain from 2; Sa 8:17; 1; Ch 18:16, where
Ahimelech seems evidently termed Abiathar, while Abiathar is
called Ahimelech or Abimelech. (Compare 1; Ki 2:26, 27.)
1Sa 22:20-22 23:6,9 2Sa 8:17 15:24,29,35 20:25 1Ki 1:7
1Ki 2:22,26,27 4:4
* which is not lawful.
Ex 29:32,33 Le 24:5-9
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