3 others in the registry answer to the name Ahitub. Every Ahitub in the Bible
- verses
- 5
- first named
- 2 Samuel 8:17
- last named
- 1 Chronicles 18:16
- period
- United Monarchy
- tribe
- Levi
Description
Who was Ahitub?
Ahitub is mentioned as the father of Zadok, one of the prominent priests who served during the reign of King David. Zadok, along with Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, is listed among David's chief officials. (2Sa.8.17; 1Ch.18.16)
In the genealogy of the Levites, specifically the line of Eleazar, Ahitub is listed as the son of Amariah and the father of Zadok. (1Ch.6.7,8,52) This genealogy establishes Zadok's priestly lineage and his rightful place in the service of the tabernacle and, later, the temple.
Zadok played a significant role in David's reign, remaining loyal to him during Absalom's rebellion. (2Sa.15.24-29) He also supported Solomon's claim to the throne and anointed him as king. (1Ki.1.32-40)
Although little is recorded about Ahitub himself, his importance lies in his position as the father of Zadok, ensuring the continuity of the priestly line and the faithful service of his son during a crucial 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.
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Where this happens
A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.
No verse Atlas has read as a report puts this person anywhere.
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The pattern
Where Ahitub 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.
5 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. Named in 2 Samuel (1) and 1 Chronicles (4).
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Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 5, across 2 books.
Onward
Where this page goes
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