Mk 2:26

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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.)

1Sam 22:20-22; 1Sam 23:6; 1Sam 23:9; 2Sam 8:17; 2Sam 15:24; 2Sam 15:29; 2Sam 15:35; 2Sam 20:25; 1Kgs 1:7

1Kgs 2:22; 1Kgs 2:26; 1Kgs 2:27; 1Kgs 4:4

which is not lawful.

Exod 29:32; Exod 29:33; Lev 24:5-9