Category:Ahitub

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

Ahitub - Brother of goodness = good.

(1.) The son of Phinehas. On the death of his grandfather Eli he succeeded to the office of high priest, and was himself succeeded by his son Ahijah (1 Samuel 14:3; 1 Samuel 22:9, 1 Samuel 22:11, 1 Samuel 22:12, 1 Samuel 22:20).

(2.) The father of Zadok, who was made high priest by Saul after the extermination of the family of Ahimelech (1 Chronicles 6:7, 1 Chronicles 6:8; 2 Samuel 8:17).