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  [[Text:EBD:Brother|Brother ]] of the [[Text:EBD:King|king]], the son of [[Text:EBD:Ahitub |Ahitub]] and [[Text:EBD:Father|father ]] of [[Text:EBD:Abiathar |Abiathar]] (1 Sam. 22:20-23). He descended from [[Text:EBD:Eli|Eli ]] in the line of [[Text:EBD:Ithamar|Ithamar]]. In 1 Chr. 18:16 he is called [[Text:EBD:Abimelech|Abimelech]], and is probably the same as Ahiah (1 Sam. 14:3, 18). He was the twelfth [[Text:EBD:High priest|high priest]], and officiated at [[Text:EBD:Nob|Nob]], where he was visited by [[Text:EBD:David |David]] (to whom and his companions he gave five loaves of the [[Text:EBD:Shewbread|showbread]]) when he fled from [[Text:EBD:Saul |Saul]] (1 Sam. 21:1-9). He was summoned into Saul's presence, and accused, on the information of [[Text:EBD:Doeg |Doeg]] the [[Text:EBD:Edom|Edomite]], of disloyalty because of his kindness to David; whereupon the king commanded that he, with the other [[Text:EBD:Priest|priests ]] who stood beside him (86 in all), should be put to [[Text:EBD:Death|death]]. This sentence was carried into execution by Doeg in the most cruel manner (1 Sam. 22:9-23). Possibly Abiathar had a son also called Ahimelech, or the two names, as some think, may have been accidentally transposed in 2 Sam. 8:17; 1 Chr. 18:16, marg.; 24:3, 6, 31.