The Gospel of Mark : a popular commentary upon a critical basis, especially designed for pastors and Sunday schools . tharIS mentioned rather than his father,because he was present on the occasion(1 Sam. 23 : 23), and immediately suc-ceeded his father as high priest, andwas familiarly known as such in theIddory of David. Lightfoot says thathe was named rather than his father,because he brought the Ephod toDavid, and by him inquiry was madeby Urim and Thummim ; that the Jewsunderstood the Urim and Thummimby Abiathar; and hence, to say thething was done under Abiathar, showedthat it was done by
The Gospel of Mark : a popular commentary upon a critical basis, especially designed for pastors and Sunday schools . tharIS mentioned rather than his father,because he was present on the occasion(1 Sam. 23 : 23), and immediately suc-ceeded his father as high priest, andwas familiarly known as such in theIddory of David. Lightfoot says thathe was named rather than his father,because he brought the Ephod toDavid, and by him inquiry was madeby Urim and Thummim ; that the Jewsunderstood the Urim and Thummimby Abiathar; and hence, to say thething was done under Abiathar, showedthat it was done by divine the most approved text reads, whenAbiathar was high priest, hence (2), possible that Abiathar was acting ashis fathers vicar at that time. Accord-ing to a .Jewish rule, the son of a highpriest, deputed by his father in hisstead, was called a high priest. Ahim-elech and Abiathar may have been lie-reditary in the family, and borneIjy both father and son. There is, atleast, some appearance of this, for Abi-athar is called the son of Ahimelech in1 Sam. 22 : 20, and Ahimelech the son. SHOW-BHEAD. of Abiathar in 2 Sam. 8:17; 1 : 16. And Abiathar may havebeen the more familiar to the Jews,by its connection, through the .son, i 5G with the history of David. Did eatthe show>bread. Simply ate, therebeing no emphasis in the original de-manding (Jift. The show-bread, the breadset forth, exhibited on a table in the holyplace, first in the tabernacle, afterwardin the temple. It was set bfore Jehovah(Exod. 25 : 30), and called in Hebrewbread of face ov presence ; that is, of thedivine presence, and probably symbol-ized Gods presence with his people, astheir sustenance, strength, and consisted of twelve loaves, whichwere changed every Sabbath, when theold was eaten by the priests, Lev. 24: also seems, from 1 Sam. 21 : 6, thatthe bread had just been changed, andhence that Da\id and his men ate it onthe Sabbath, which make reference
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