# אֲחִימֶלֶךְ (achimelekh)

Israeli respelling: a-chi-me-lekh. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H288. 16 Old Testament occurrences.

Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite

King James renderings: Ahimelech.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/achimelekh-h288

## Occurrences

- [1 Samuel 21:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/21/1) — Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, an…
- [1 Samuel 21:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/21/2) — And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the bu…
- [1 Samuel 21:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/21/8) — And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons wi…
- [1 Samuel 22:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/22/9) — Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the s…
- [1 Samuel 22:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/22/11) — Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came…
- [1 Samuel 22:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/22/14) — Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goe…
- [1 Samuel 22:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/22/16) — And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.
- [1 Samuel 22:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/22/20) — And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
- [1 Samuel 23:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/23/6) — And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
- [1 Samuel 26:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/26/6) — Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me…
- [1 Samuel 30:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/30/7) — And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to D…
- [2 Samuel 8:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/8/17) — And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
- [1 Chronicles 24:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/24/3) — And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their se…
- [1 Chronicles 24:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/24/6) — And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ah…
- [1 Chronicles 24:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/24/31) — These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the…
- [Psalms 52:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/52/2) — Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.