Bible Dictionary
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Ahikam
People & Groups • Old Testament
Ahikam was an influential official under Josiah who consulted Huldah and later protected Jeremiah from execution. He was the father of Gedaliah, governor after Jerusalem’s fall.
Ahilud
People & Groups • Old Testament
Ahilud was the father of Jehoshaphat, David’s and Solomon’s recorder. He may also have been the father of one of Solomon’s district officers.
Ahimaaz
People & Groups • Old Testament
Ahimaaz was the father of Saul’s wife, the son of Zadok the priest who supported David, and possibly a district officer under Solomon. He carried news to David during Absalom’s revolt.
Ahiman
People & Groups • Old Testament
Ahiman was one of the Anakim at Hebron whom Judah defeated and dispossessed. The name was also borne by a Levite gatekeeper after the exile.
Ahimelech
People & Groups • Old Testament
Ahimelech was the priest at Nob who gave David the holy bread and Goliath’s sword. Saul then ordered his death, along with the priests of Nob; the name was also borne by a later priestly descendant.
Ahimoth
People & Groups • Old Testament
Ahimoth was a descendant of Kohath and an ancestor of Elkanah, the father of Samuel.
Ahinadab
Government & Society • Old Testament
Ahinadab was one of Solomon’s twelve district officers. He supplied provisions for the royal household from the region of Mahanaim.
Ahinoam
People & Groups • Old Testament
Ahinoam was the name of Saul’s wife and of a Jezreelite woman who became David’s wife and the mother of Amnon.
Ahio
People & Groups • Old Testament
Ahio was the name of several Benjamites and of a descendant of Abinadab who helped guide the cart carrying the ark toward Jerusalem.
Ahira
People & Groups • Old Testament
Ahira was the hereditary prince and representative of Naphtali during the wilderness census, tribal offerings, and journeys of Israel.
Ahiram
People & Groups • Old Testament
Ahiram was a son of Benjamin and ancestor of the Ahiramites. He may be the same person as Aher or Aharah in related genealogical lists.
Ahisamach
People & Groups • Old Testament
Ahisamach was a Danite and the father of Oholiab, who assisted Bezalel in making the tabernacle and its furnishings.
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