son of Ahitub, high priest of the Jews, of the race of Eleazar.
At the death of Ahimelech, or Abiathar, he came to the pontificate, A.
M. 2944. For some time there were two high priests in Israel, 2 Sam.
viii, 17; xv, 24, &c; xix, 11, 12; 1 Kings i, 8, &c. After the death of
David, 1 Kings ii, 35, Solomon excluded Abiathar from the high
priesthood, because he espoused the party of Adonijah, and made Zadok
high priest alone.
At the death of Ahimelech, or Abiathar, he came to the pontificate, A.
M. 2944. For some time there were two high priests in Israel, 2 Sam.
viii, 17; xv, 24, &c; xix, 11, 12; 1 Kings i, 8, &c. After the death of
David, 1 Kings ii, 35, Solomon excluded Abiathar from the high
priesthood, because he espoused the party of Adonijah, and made Zadok
high priest alone.