Bible Strands
Ahitub
the name means brother of goodness Strong's Lexicon
Ahitub, son of Amariah and father of Zadok, was an ancestor of Ezra the scribe in the priestly line.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
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 Sam. 14:3; 22:9, 11, 12, 20).
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
Family
Parents
Amariah
Children
Zadok
From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.
First named at 1 Chronicles 6:11.
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Verses that name Ahitub
- 1 Chronicles 6:11 Azariah was the father of Amariah, Amariah was the father of Ahitub,
- 1 Chronicles 6:12 Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Shallum,
- Ezra 7:2 the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,