Ahimelech

Ahijah· Ahimelech

Father

Ahitub

Children

Abiathar

• אֲחִיָּ֫הוּ·Ahijah
• אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ·Ahimelech

Includes 5 verses that refer to Ahimelech without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. 1 Samuel 14:3אֲחִיָּ֫הוּ · Ahijah
   …including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.
2. 1 Samuel 14:18אֲחִיָּ֫הוּ · Ahijah
   Then Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God.” (For at that time it was with the Israelites.)
3. 1 Samuel 21:1אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ · Ahimelech
   Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”
4. 1 Samuel 21:2אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ · Ahimelech
   “The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission on which I am sending you. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.
5. 1 Samuel 21:3Referred to, not named
   Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”
6. 1 Samuel 21:8אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ · Ahimelech
   Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s mission was urgent.”
7. 1 Samuel 22:9אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ · Ahimelech
   But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.
8. 1 Samuel 22:10Referred to, not named
   Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
9. 1 Samuel 22:11אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ · Ahimelech
   Then the king sent messengers to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and his father’s whole family, who were priests at Nob. And all of them came to the king.
10. 1 Samuel 22:12Referred to, not named
    “Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.
11. 1 Samuel 22:13Referred to, not named
    And Saul asked him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him so that he could rise up against me to lie in wait, as he is doing today.”
12. 1 Samuel 22:14אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ · Ahimelech
    Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard and honored in your house?
13. 1 Samuel 22:15Referred to, not named
    Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”
14. 1 Samuel 22:16אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ · Ahimelech
    But the king replied, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”
15. 1 Samuel 22:20אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ · Ahimelech
    But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.
16. 1 Samuel 23:6אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ · Ahimelech
    (Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech had brought the ephod with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)
17. 1 Samuel 30:7אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ · Ahimelech
    Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,
18. Psalm 52:1אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ · Ahimelech
    For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.