Definition & Meaning | English word ABIATHAR

Definitions of ABIATHAR

1. In the Old Testament, a Hebrew high priest during the reign of King David.

Examples of Using ABIATHAR in a Sentence

• Rabbinical literature that linked the later extermination of the male descendants of David with the priests of Nob, also link the survival of David's descendant Joash with that of Abiathar.
• During Absalom's revolt he remained faithful to David, and, along with Jonathan, son of Abiathar, assisted him by giving him news about the proceedings of Absalom in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 15:24–37; 17:15–21).
• During the rebellion of Absalom, Zadok the priest is mentioned, as he and the Levites wished to accompany the fleeing David and bring along the Ark of the Covenant, but the king instructed Zadok to remain at Jerusalem, where he and Abiathar could do him better service, so that it actually happened that Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, along with Jonathan, the son of Abiathar, brought the fleeing king a life saving message.
• Abiathar was deposed from office as High Priest when he was deserted by the Holy Spirit without which the Urim and Thummim could not be consulted.
• A work of one of the geonim of Palestine, the Megillat Abiathar of Abiathar ben Elijah ha-Cohen, which was discovered by Schechter in the Cairo Genizah and gives a very clear account of this episode in the history of the Jews of Palestine.

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