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Ahimelech

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[uh-him-uh-lek] / əˈhɪm əˌlɛk /
Douay Bible, Achimelech

noun

  1. (in the Bible) a priest who was killed by Saul for helping David.


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Also, when Ahimelech was about to give the blessed bread to the servants of David he asked first if they had kept themselves from women and David replied that they had for three days.

From The Confutatio Pontificia by Johann Michael Reu

Saul was angry both with David and with Ahimelech.

From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by William Garden Blaikie

Now when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, fled to David in Keilah, he came down with the priestly robe used in consulting Jehovah in his hand.

From The Children's Bible by Henry A. Sherman

But when he came to Ahimelech, he gave him up, and had to be told.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan

Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai, "Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?"

From Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students by Theodore Gerald Soares

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