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    2 others in the registry answer to the name Ahimaaz. Every Ahimaaz in the Bible

    person

    Ahimaaz

    אֲחִימַ֫עַץ

    Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, was a messenger who helped David during Absalom's rebellion and brought news of Absalom's death.

    verses
    13
    first named
    2 Samuel 15:27
    last named
    1 Chronicles 6:53
    period
    United Monarchy
    tribe
    Levi

    Description

    Who was Ahimaaz?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Ahimaaz was the son of Zadok, the high priest during the reign of King David. He played a significant role as a messenger and loyal supporter of David during the rebellion of David's son Absalom. Along with Jonathan, son of Abiathar, Ahimaaz stayed outside Jerusalem to relay information about Absalom's plans to David. (2Sa.15.27,36; 17.17)

    When David's forces defeated Absalom's army, Ahimaaz wanted to bring the news to David, but Joab initially sent a Cushite messenger instead. Ahimaaz persisted and was allowed to run, overtaking the Cushite. He reported the victory to David but withheld the news of Absalom's death, which the Cushite messenger revealed. (2Sa.18.19-29)

    In the genealogy of the Levites, Ahimaaz is listed as the son of Zadok and the father of Azariah, who served as priests in the temple built by Solomon. (1Ch.6.8,9,53) Ahimaaz's loyalty to David and his role in supporting the rightful king showcase his importance during this tumultuous period in Israel's history.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Ahimaaz 10 of 11 entities the graph connects to Ahimaaz, in 2 groups: kinship 2, events 8. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.ZadokChild of · 1 event · 40 versesAzariahFather of · 2 versesKinshipDavid3 events · 964 versesFinding1 event · 127 versesJoab1 event · 120 versesCush2 events · 44 versesAbiathar1 event · 29 versesInforming1 event · 12 versesJonathan11 events · 6 versesEn-rogel1 event · 4 versesEventsAhimaaz

    The 10 best-attested of 11 are drawn. All 11 are listed below.

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    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Ahimaaz happens The one place the claims about Ahimaaz reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: En-rogel. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Ahimaaz there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.En-rogel
    United MonarchyThe one place the claims about Ahimaaz reach

    The pattern

    Where Ahimaaz is named

    Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

    Where the name is written across the corpus. 13 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKS2 SAMUEL10 VERSES53 books and 822 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 13 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKS2 SAMUEL10 VERSES53 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT
    Ahimaaz is named in 13 verses — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 64 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 13, across 2 books.

    1. 2 Samuel10 verses

      15:2715:3617:1717:2018:1918:2218:2318:2718:2818:29

    2. 1 Chronicles3 verses

      6:86:96:53

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Azariah, and 1 moreAmariahHigh priest, ancestor of Ezra the scribevia Azariah, and 1 moreJohananA Levite in the lineage of Elkanahvia ZadokAhitubFather of Zadok the priest during David's reignvia ZadokEleazarSon of Aaron, high priest after his fathervia AzariahJoelSamuel's firstborn son who judged Israelvia AzariahMeraiothA priest in the lineage of Eleazar.
    ElsewhereGenealogy of AhimaazEvery ancestor and every descendant the text names, both gospel lines where they differ.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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    What this rests on