Ahitub

Many years later, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, there was a man named Ezra.

He was the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub, son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth, son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki, son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the high priest.

This Ezra was a scribe who was well versed in the Law of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given to the people of Israel.

He came up to Jerusalem from Babylon, and the king gave him everything he asked for because the gracious hand of the Lord his God was on him.

And Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud was the recorder.

And Zadok, the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar-" were the priests, and Seraiah was the scribe.

And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites.

And David's sons were chief rulers.

That answered Doeg the Edomite who stood by the servants of Saul.

I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, and he inquired of the Lord for him and gave him provisions and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

Then the king sent to summon Ahimelech, the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests who were at Nob, and all of them came to the king.

And Saul said, Here now, son of Ahitub.

And he answered, Here I am, my lord.

And Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, and that you have given him bread and a sword and have inquired of God for him, so that he has risen against me to lie in wait as at this day? Then Ahimelech answered the king, And who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law and captain over your bodyguard and honored in your house? Is today the first time that I've inquired of God for him? No.

And he killed on that day 85 persons who wore the linen ephod.

And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword both man and woman, child and infant, ox, donkey and sheep he put to the sword.

The arrival and work of Ezra.

"Now after this, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub, son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth, son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki, son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the chief priest, this Ezra went up from Babylonia.

He was a scribe, skilled in the Law of Moses which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all that he asked for, for the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.

And there went up also to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king, some of the sons of Israel, and some of the priests and Levites, the singers and gatekeepers and the temple servants.

So David reigned over all Israel, and David administered justice and equity to all his people.

Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilad was recorder, and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Himalek the son of Abiathar were priests.

and Saraiah was secretary.

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Karathites and the Pelathites, and David's sons were priests.

It says, now after this, and again, that's 58 years, roughly, in the reign of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, and then it begins to say, Ezra...

the son of Sariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, the son of Shalom, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Mariah.

Am I doing okay on these names, by the way? Why all the names? Why the list of names? This is very important because you're going to see that they're going to end in verse 5.

Skip to verse 5. the son of Abishu, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, the chief or, your Bible may say, high priest.

And David administered justice and equity to all his people.

Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahalud was recorder, and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Saraiah was secretary, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and David's sons were priests.

And David said, Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake? Now there was a servant of the house of Saul, whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David.

And the king said to him, Are you Ziba? And he said, I am your servant.

None of you is sorry for me or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me to lie in wait as at this day.

Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, and he inquired of the Lord for him, and gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

Then the king sent to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests who were at Nob, and all of them came to the king, and Saul said, Here now, son of Ahitub.

And he answered, Here I am, my lord.

And Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, so that he has risen against me to lie in wait as at this day? Then Ahimelech answered the king, And who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law and captain over your bodyguard, and honored in your house? Is today the first time that I have inquired of God for him? No.

And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.

And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword, both man and woman, child and infant, ox, donkey, and sheep, he put to the sword.

But one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.