Who was Abiathar?

Father of abundance, or my father excels, the son of Ahimelech the high priest. He was the tenth high priest, and the fourth in descent from Eli.

Abiathar first appears in 1 Samuel 22:20. In this repository’s biblical text, this figure is associated with 28 verse mentions across 5 books, most notably 1 Kings, 2 Samuel, 1 Samuel, 1 Chronicles.