| − | '''Ithamar''' ([[Hebrew]] '''אִֽיתָמָֽר''', coast of the palm tree) (b. 2482 AM–fl. 1 Zif 2514 AM) (b. ca. 1523 BC–fl. 17 May 1490 BC) was the fourth son of [[Aaron]] and progenitor of a line of descent that briefly included some of the [[high priest]]s of [[Israel]]. | + | '''Ithamar''' ([[Hebrew]] '''אִֽיתָמָֽר''', coast of the palm tree) (b. 2482 AM–fl. 1 Zif 2514 AM) (b. ca. 1523 BC–fl. 17 May 1490 BC) was the fourth son of [[Aaron]] and progenitor of a line of descent that briefly included some of the [[High Priest]]s of [[Israel]]. |
| − | His line of descent ({{Bible ref|book=1_Chronicles|chap=24|verses=1-19}}) is most notable for the appearance of [[Judge]] [[Eli]], his sons [[Hophni]] and [[Phinehas (son of Eli)|Phinehas]], his grandson [[Ichabod]], and an apparently disloyal high priest named [[Abiathar]] whom [[Solomon]] removed from office during his reign and replaced with [[Zadok (priest)|Zadok]], an [[Eleazar]]ite.<ref name=Konig/><ref name=Easton/><ref name=Blank/><ref name=Hirsch/><ref name=Maxey/> | + | His line of descent ({{Bible ref|book=1_Chronicles|chap=24|verses=1-19}}) is most notable for the appearance of [[Judge]] [[Eli]], his sons [[Hophni]] and [[Phinehas (son of Eli)|Phinehas]], his grandson [[Ichabod]], and an apparently disloyal high priest named [[Abiathar]] whom [[Solomon]] removed from office during his reign and replaced with [[Zadok (priest)|Zadok]], an [[Eleazar (son of Aaron)|Eleazarite]].<ref name=Konig/><ref name=Easton/><ref name=Blank/><ref name=Hirsch/><ref name=Maxey/> That Eli and his son and grandson descend from Ithamar follows logically from the absence of their names in the line of descent from Eleazar given in {{Bible ref|book=1_Chronicles|chap=6|verses=1-15}}. |