Who was Ahimelech?

Brother of the king, the son of Ahitub and father of Abiathar (1 Sam. 22:20-23). He descended from Eli in the line of Ithamar. In 1 Chr. 18:16 he is called Abimelech, and is probably the same as Ahiah (1 Sam. 14:3, 18).

Ahimelech first appears in 1 Samuel 21:1. In this repository’s biblical text, this figure is associated with 14 verse mentions across 3 books, most notably 1 Samuel, 1 Chronicles, 2 Samuel.