McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Ahimoth

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Ahimoth


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(Hebrew Achimoth', àֲçַéîåֹú , brother of death, i e. perh. destructive; Sept. Á᾿÷éìώè ), a person named with Amasai as sons of Elkanah, a Levite (1Ch_6:25). From 1Ch_6:35, however, it would appear that he was rather the grandson of this Elkanah (through Amasai), and the father of the other Elkanah of 1Ch_6:26. He is there called MAHATH SEE MAHATH (q.v.).