1 Samuel 14:3 meaning and explanation
including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.
1 Samuel 14:3, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
This verse pauses the battle narrative to identify Ahijah, the priest with Saul’s six hundred men, and to trace his line back through Ahitub and Phinehas to Eli, the priest of the LORD at Shiloh. The mention of Ichabod, whose name means “no glory,” recalls the earlier loss of the ark and the judgment on Eli’s house.
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