Ahitub (father of Zadok)
아히둡 (사독의 아버지)
Named at 2 Samuel 8:17 as the father of Zadok: “Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests”. This collection keeps him apart from the Ahitub of 1 Samuel 14:3 and the Ahitub of 22:9–20, and does not decide whether any two of the three are the same man.
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Collection & rightsSource evidence (5)
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- 1CH 6:4–15, engwebp
4Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, Phinehas became the father of Abishua,
5Abishua became the father of Bukki. Bukki became the father of Uzzi.
6Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah. Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth.
7Meraioth became the father of Amariah. Amariah became the father of Ahitub.
8Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz.
9Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah. Azariah became the father of Johanan.
10Johanan became the father of Azariah, who executed the priest’s office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem.
11Azariah became the father of Amariah. Amariah became the father of Ahitub.
12Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Shallum.
13Shallum became the father of Hilkiah. Hilkiah became the father of Azariah.
14Azariah became the father of Seraiah. Seraiah became the father of Jehozadak.
15Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD carried Judah and Jerusalem away by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
- 1CH 6:49–53, engwebp
49But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
50These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
51Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
53Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.
- 1CH 18:14–17, engwebp
14David reigned over all Israel; and he executed justice and righteousness for all his people.
15Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
16Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was scribe;
17and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief officials serving the king.
- 2SA 8:15–18, engwebp
15David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness for all his people.
16Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder,
17Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, Seraiah was scribe,
18Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.
- EZR 7:1–6, engwebp
1Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
2the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
6this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the LORD his God’s hand on him.
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Unresolved interpretation: Ahitub of 1 Samuel 14:3 and Ahitub of 22:9–20
- 1 Samuel 14:3 names “Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh, wearing an ephod.” The Korean Revised Version makes Ahijah 비느하스의 손자, the grandson of Phinehas.
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 1SA 14:1–5, engwebp
1Now it happened on a day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come! Let’s go over to the Philistines’ garrison that is on the other side.” But he didn’t tell his father.
2Saul stayed in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron; and the people who were with him were about six hundred men,
3including Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. The people didn’t know that Jonathan was gone.
4Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines’ garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side and a rocky crag on the other side; and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
5The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
- 1SA 14:1–5, engwebp
- 1 Samuel 22:9 has Doeg the Edomite say, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub”; at 22:11–12 the king sends to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were in Nob, and Saul says, “Hear now, you son of Ahitub”; 22:20 says that one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped. These verses do not name this Ahitub’s father.
Source evidence (3)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 1SA 22:6–10, engwebp
6Saul heard that David was discovered, with the men who were with him. Now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing around him.
7Saul said to his servants who stood around him, “Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds?
8Is that why all of you have conspired against me, and there is no one who discloses to me when my son makes a treaty with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me, or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as it is today?”
9Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
10He inquired of the LORD for him, gave him food, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
- 1SA 22:11–19, engwebp
11Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were in Nob; and they all came to the king.
12Saul said, “Hear now, you son of Ahitub.” He answered, “Here I am, my lord.”
13Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as it is today?”
14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, “Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, captain of your body guard, and honored in your house?
15Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? Be it far from me! Don’t let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for your servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.”
16The king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house.”
17The king said to the guard who stood about him, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled and didn’t disclose it to me.” But the servants of the king wouldn’t put out their hand to fall on the priests of the LORD.
18The king said to Doeg, “Turn and attack the priests!” Doeg the Edomite turned, and he attacked the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five people who wore a linen ephod.
19He struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword—both men and women, children and nursing babies, and cattle, donkeys, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
- 1SA 22:20–23, engwebp
20One of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.
21Abiathar told David that Saul had slain the LORD’s priests.
22David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I am responsible for the death of all the persons of your father’s house.
23Stay with me. Don’t be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life. You will be safe with me.”
- 1SA 22:6–10, engwebp
- 2 Samuel 8:17 says, “Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests”. The verse does not name this Ahitub’s father.
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 2SA 8:15–18, engwebp
15David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness for all his people.
16Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder,
17Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, Seraiah was scribe,
18Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.
- 2SA 8:15–18, engwebp
1 Samuel 14:3 names Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, as the father of Ahijah; 22:9–20 names Ahitub as the father of Ahimelech, the priest who was in Nob, without naming Ahitub’s father; and 2 Samuel 8:17 names Ahitub as the father of Zadok, one of the priests, without naming Ahitub’s father. The sons named in the three passages have different names (Ahijah, Ahimelech, Zadok), and the text does not say whether any two of the three Ahitubs are one man or two. This collection records the three apart and does not decide whether any of them are the same man.
Unresolved interpretation: Aaron’s line at 1 Chronicles 6 and Ezra 7:1–5
- 1 Chronicles 6:4–14 name father and son from Eleazar to Jehozadak; 6:7–12 read, “Meraioth became the father of Amariah. Amariah became the father of Ahitub. Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz. Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah. Azariah became the father of Johanan. Johanan became the father of Azariah, who executed the priest’s office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem. Azariah became the father of Amariah. Amariah became the father of Ahitub. Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Shallum.” 6:50–53 name the sons of Aaron again, from “Eleazar his son” to “Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.”
Source evidence (2)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 1CH 6:4–15, engwebp
4Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, Phinehas became the father of Abishua,
5Abishua became the father of Bukki. Bukki became the father of Uzzi.
6Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah. Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth.
7Meraioth became the father of Amariah. Amariah became the father of Ahitub.
8Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz.
9Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah. Azariah became the father of Johanan.
10Johanan became the father of Azariah, who executed the priest’s office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem.
11Azariah became the father of Amariah. Amariah became the father of Ahitub.
12Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Shallum.
13Shallum became the father of Hilkiah. Hilkiah became the father of Azariah.
14Azariah became the father of Seraiah. Seraiah became the father of Jehozadak.
15Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD carried Judah and Jerusalem away by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
- 1CH 6:49–53, engwebp
49But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
50These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
51Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
53Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.
- 1CH 6:4–15, engwebp
- Ezra 7:1–3 names “Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth”.
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- EZR 7:1–6, engwebp
1Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
2the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
6this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the LORD his God’s hand on him.
- EZR 7:1–6, engwebp
- 2 Samuel 8:17 says, “Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests”.
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 2SA 8:15–18, engwebp
15David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness for all his people.
16Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder,
17Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, Seraiah was scribe,
18Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.
- 2SA 8:15–18, engwebp
- 1 Kings 4:2 says, “These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest”.
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 1KI 4:1–6, engwebp
1King Solomon was king over all Israel.
2These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;
4Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend;
6Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.
- 1KI 4:1–6, engwebp
1 Chronicles 6:8 says, “Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz,” and 6:12, “Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Shallum.” Each Zadok is the son of an Ahitub whom Amariah became the father of (6:7, 6:11); between the two, 6:8–12 name Ahimaaz, Azariah, Johanan, Azariah, Amariah and Ahitub, and 6:10–11 make Amariah the son of Azariah the son of Johanan. 6:50–53 name the sons of Aaron again, down to Ahimaaz. Ezra 7:2–3 names one Zadok in Ezra’s line, the son of Ahitub, the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth (the Korean Revised Version counts the generations from Ezra). 2 Samuel 8:17 names Zadok the son of Ahitub among the priests, and 1 Kings 4:2 “Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest”. This collection records the Zadok son of Ahitub of 2 Samuel 8:17 and of Ezra 7:2 as one entry (person-zadok-ahitub), as the Ezra block joined them by the same father and son; it links the Ahitub and Zadok of 1 Chronicles 6:7–8 and 6:52–53 to Ahitub (father of Zadok) (person-ahitub-zadok) and Zadok (son of Ahitub) (person-zadok-ahitub), records the Amariah, Ahitub and Zadok of 6:11–12 in the name list without joining them to any entry, and records the Azariah of 6:10 apart, as Azariah (son of Johanan). The text does not say whether any of them are the same men, and the collection does not decide it.
All 2 relationships: AI-assisted, human review pending
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Ahitub (father of Zadok) — Father of — Zadok (son of Ahitub)
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 6:4–15, 1 Chronicles 6:49–53, 1 Chronicles 18:14–17, 2 Samuel 8:15–18, Ezra 7:1–6
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Amariah (son of Azariah) — Father of — Ahitub (father of Zadok)
Evidence: Ezra 7:1–6
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Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, Seraiah was scribe,
Meraioth became the father of Amariah. Amariah became the father of Ahitub.
Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz.
Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was scribe;
the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Ahitub (father of Zadok) (person-ahitub-zadok) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/ahitub-zadok Current wording: Named at 2 Samuel 8:17 as the father of Zadok: “Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests”. This collection keeps him apart from the Ahitub of 1 Samuel 14:3 and the Ahitub of 22:9–20, and does not decide whether any two of the three are the same man. Cited evidence: 1CH 6:4–15, engwebp / 1CH 6:49–53, engwebp / 1CH 18:14–17, engwebp / 2SA 8:15–18, engwebp / EZR 7:1–6, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.