And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD'S priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
Ver. 3. And Ahiah.] Called also Ahimelech, 1Sa 22:11-12 and basely butchered by the command of Saul, who here had sent for him, and served himself upon him.
And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.] Or, For what purpose. The engine that doth all in great works, is oft inward, hidden, unobserved.