这篇文章包含来自公有领域的1897年版本《伊斯顿的圣经词典》部分内容。

亚希米勒（希伯来语意为“国王的兄弟”），赫人，是亚希突的儿子，大祭司亚比亚他的父亲。他是以利的后裔。他是第12任大祭司，住在挪伯。大卫及其同伴逃避扫罗追捕时曾逃至此处，得到他赠与的5块陈设饼)。由于以东人多益告发他私通大卫，他和挪伯的众祭司共86人被召到扫罗那里，被判处死刑。死刑由以东人多益执行 (撒母耳记上22:9-23)。可能亚比亚他有一个儿子也称为亚希米勒。

Ahimelech (Hebrew: אחימלך "the [divine] king is brother"), the son of Ahitub and father of Abiathar (1 Sam. 22:20-23), described in 2 Sam. 8:17 as the son of Abiathar and in four places in 1 Chronicles. He descended from Aaron's son Ithamar and the high priest Eli. In 1 Chr. 18:16 his name is Abimelech according to the Masoretic Text, and is probably the same as Ahiah (1 Sam. 14:3, 18). He was the twelfth High Priest, and officiated at Nob, where he was visited by David (to whom and his companions he gave five loaves of the showbread) when David fled from Saul (1 Sam. 21:1-9). He was summoned into Saul's presence, and accused, on the information of Doeg the Edomite, of disloyalty because of his kindness to David; whereupon the king commanded that he, with the other priests who stood beside him, 86 in all, should be slain with his family. This sentence was carried into execution by Doeg in the most cruel manner (1 Sam. 22:9-23). Possibly Abiathar had a son also called Ahimelech, or the two names, as some think, may have been accidentally transposed in 2 Sam. 8:17; 1 Chr. 18:16, marg.; 24:3, 6, 31.