Abiathar

Statue of Abiathar (next to the Queen of Sheba) at Reims Cathedral.

Abiathar (Hebrew: אֶבְיָתָר ʾEḇyāṯār, "father (of) abundance"/"abundant father"),[1] in the Hebrew Bible, is a son of Ahimelech or Ahijah, High Priest at Nob,[2] the fourth in descent from Eli[3] and the last of Eli's House to be a High Priest.

  1. ^ A Concise Hebrew-English Dictionary, M.H. Segal, Devir, Tel-Aviv, 1962
  2. ^ Chisholm 1911.
  3. ^ 1 Samuel 23:6

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