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 Samuel 14:3; 22:9, 11, 12, 20). (2.) The father of Zadok, who was made high priest by Saul after the extermination of the family of Ahimelech (1 Chronicles 6:7, 8; 2 Samuel 8:17). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia AHITUB a-hi'-tub ('achiTubh, "brother of goodness," i.e. "good brother," or, "my brother is goodness"): (1) The brother of Ichabod and son of Phinehas the son of Eli (1 Samuel 14:3; 1 Samuel 22:9, 11, 12, 20), According to 1 Chronicles 24 he and his line were descended from Aaron through Ithamar. The record implies that he was born while his father and grandfather were priests at Shiloh, and it says that he was the father and grandfather of priests; but it is silent as to his own exercise of the priestly office. We have no information concerning the office from the time when the Philistines captured the ark till Saul became king. See AHIJAH; AHIMELECH; ABIATHAR. (2) A descendant of Aaron through Eleazar: by this fact distinguished from Ahitub, the descendant of Ithamar, though nearly contemporaneous with him. Especially known as the father of Zadok who, at Solomon's accession, became sole high priest (2 Samuel 8:17 1 Chronicles 6:8; 1 Chronicles 18:16). His genealogical line, from Levi to the Exile, is given in 1 Chronicles 6:1-15. The three successive names, Ahitub and Zadok and Ahimaaz, appear in 2 Samuel 8:17; 2 Samuel 15:27, etc. The line is paralleled by selected names in Ezra 7:1-5, and relatively late parts of it are paralleled in 1 Chronicles 9:11 and Nehemiah 11:11. The best explanation of certain phenomena in Chronicles is that the record was copied from originals that were more or less fragmentary. In some cases, also, a writer gives only such parts of a genealogy as are needed for his purpose. It is due to these causes that there are many omissions in the genealogical lists, and that they supplement one another. Allowing for these facts there is no reason why we should not regard the genealogies of Ahitub as having distract historical value. (3) In the genealogies, in the seventh generation from Ahitub, the descendant of Eleazar, appears another Ahitub, the son of another Amariah and the father (or grandfather) of another Zadok (1 Chronicles 6:11; 1 Chronicles 9:11, Nehemiah 11:11). The list in Ezra 7 omits a block of names, and the Ahitub there named may be either 2 or 3. He is mentioned in 1 Esdras 8:2 and 2 Esdras 1:1, and the name occurs in Judith 8:1. In these places it appears in the English versions in the various forms: Ahitub, Ahitob, Achitob, Acitho. Willis J. Beecher

Multi-Version Concordance Ahitub (16 Occurrences) 1 Samuel 14:3 and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of Yahweh in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. The people didn't know that Jonathan was gone. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Samuel 22:9 Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Samuel 22:11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests who were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king. The First Book of Kings (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Samuel 22:12 Saul said, "Hear now, you son of Ahitub." He answered, "Here I am, my lord." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Samuel 22:20 One of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 2 Samuel 8:17 and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 6:7 Meraioth became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 6:8 and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 6:11 and Azariah became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 6:12 and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Shallum, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 6:52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 8:11 And of Hushim he begat Ahitub, and Elpaal. (WBS YLT) 1 Chronicles 9:11 and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 18:16 and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Ezra 7:2 the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Nehemiah 11:11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)