* Abiathar.
   It appears from the passage referred to here, that Ahimelech
   was then high priest at Nob; and from other passages, that
   Abiathar was his son.  Various conjectures have been formed in
   order to solve this difficulty; and some, instead of untying,
   have cut the knot, by pronouncing it an interpolation.  The
   most probable opinion seems to be, that both father and son
   had two names, the father being also called Abiathar; and this
   appears almost certain from 2; Sa 8:17; 1; Ch 18:16, where
   Ahimelech seems evidently termed Abiathar, while Abiathar is
   called Ahimelech or Abimelech.  (Compare 1; Ki 2:26, 27.)

  1Sa 22:20-22  23:6,9  2Sa 8:17  15:24,29,35  20:25  1Ki 1:7 
  1Ki 2:22,26,27  4:4 
 * which is not lawful.
  Ex 29:32,33  Le 24:5-9