Ithamar in the Bible
Meaning: island of the palm-tree
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And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
The divisions of the descendants of Aaron were as follows: Aaron’s sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
Together with Zadok
Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than Ithamar’s, they were divided accordingly: 16 heads of ancestral houses were from Eleazar’s descendants, and eight heads of ancestral houses were from Ithamar’s.
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The secretary, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king and the officers, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech
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But the sons of Eleazar were found to be more numerous, by the chiefs of their able men, than were the sons of Ithamar, so they divided them, - the sons of Eleazar, had chiefs, of the ancestral house, sixteen, whereas, the sons of Ithamar, had of their ancestral house, eight. They divided them, therefore, by casting lots, these with those, - for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, from among the sons of Eleazar, and among the sons of Ithamar. And Shemaiah son of Nethanel the scribe from among the Levites, wrote them down, before the king and the rulers and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the ancestral chiefs, pertaining to the priests and to the Levites, - one ancestral house, was taken for Eleazar, and, was equally taken, for Ithamar. So then the first lot came forth for Jehoiarib, for Jedaiah, the second; for Harim, the third, for Seorim, the fourth; for Malchijah, the fifth, for Mijamin, the sixth; for Hakkoz, the seventh, for Abijah, the eighth; for Jeshua, the ninth, for Shecaniah, the tenth; for Eliashib, the eleventh, for Jakim, the twelfth; for Huppah, the thirteenth, for Jeshebeab, the fourteenth; for Bilgah, the fifteenth, for Immer, the sixteenth; for Hezir, the seventeenth, for Happizzez, the eighteenth; for Pethahiah, the nineteenth, for Jehezkel, the twentieth; for Jachin, the twenty-first, for Gamul, the twenty-second; for Delaiah, the twenty-third, for Maaziah, the twenty-fourth. These, were their appointed places for their service, for entering the house of Yahweh, according to the regulation of them, by the hand of Aaron their father, - just as Yahweh God of Israel, commanded him.