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Abiathar (lived c. 11th century BC)

In the Old Testament, the son of Ahimelech and high priest under David and Solomon. He remained faithful to David during the latter's life but was deposed and banished by King Solomon for his participation in the rebellion of Adonijah.



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Jesus' explanation seems a stretch (it was not even Abiathar who was the priest in the 1 Samuel story he makes reference to).
Preaching helps by Currents in Theology and Mission
If one looks behind this reference to 1 Kings 2:26-27--a text carefully placed by the Deuteronomists at the beginning of the royal history in the regime of Solomon--we learn that four hundred years before Jeremiah Abiathar, a priest of David, was banished by Solomon to his home village of Anatoth because he did not support the craven ambitions of the money-mad Solomon (Wilson: 233-35).
On scroll-making in ancient Jerusalem by Brueggemann, Walter / Biblical Theology Bulletin
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