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Jonathan I ben Abiathar was the 9th
Samaritan High Priest The Samaritan High Priest is the high priest (''kohen gadol'') of the remaining Samaritan community in the Levant. According to Samaritan tradition, the office has existed continuously since the time of Aaron, the brother of Moses, and has been ...
according to Samaritan Genealogical Records. He was son of high Priest
Abiathar Abiathar ( ''ʾEḇyāṯār'', "father (of) abundance"/"abundant father"), in the Hebrew Bible, is a son of Ahimelech or Ahijah, High Priest at Nob, the fourth in descent from Eli and the last of Eli's House to be a High Priest. Bible account ...
. He (2 Samuel 15:27), served as a messenger during Absalom's rebellion (2 Samuel 15:36, 17:17). He lived as a contemporary of Zadok, who Josephus claims was the ancestor of the Samaritan High Priests


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Samaritan high priests {{DEFAULTSORT:ben Abiathar, Jonathan I 10th-century BCE Hebrew people