Abiathar

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Abiathar was a high priest of ancient Israel during King David’s reign who later fell out of favor for supporting Adonijah’s unsuccessful bid for the throne.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Abiathar canonical 2
Ahimelech the priest 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew priest ⓘ
biblical person ⓘ
high priest of ancient Israel ⓘ
biblicalBookMention First Book of Kings ⓘ
linked to: Books of Kings

First Book of Samuel ⓘ
linked to: 1 Samuel

Second Book of Samuel ⓘ
linked to: 2 Samuel
carried ephod ⓘ
coHighPriestWith Zadok ⓘ
contemporaryWith Zadok ⓘ
country Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
father Ahimelech son of Ahitub ⓘ
fellOutOfFavorWith King Solomon ⓘ
fledTo David ⓘ
languageContext Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
notableFor later political alignment with Adonijah ⓘ
loyalty to David during Saul’s persecution ⓘ
opposedSuccessor Solomon ⓘ
positionHeld High Priest of Israel ⓘ
reasonForRemoval support for Adonijah’s claim to the throne ⓘ
religion Ancient Israelite religion ⓘ
removedFromOfficeBy King Solomon ⓘ
scripturalTradition Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
servedAsPriestDuring reign of King David ⓘ
servedAt David’s court ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
servedUnder King David ⓘ
supported Adonijah ⓘ
survivedEvent massacre at Nob by Saul ⓘ
tribe Tribe of Levi ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Adonijah → supportedBy → Abiathar ⓘ
Anathoth → associatedWithPerson → Abiathar ⓘ
Goliath's sword → keptBy → Ahimelech the priest ⓘ
linked to: Abiathar