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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Athach
David sent it a share of the spoil he took back from the Amalekite raiders who hit Ziklag, a gift to the elders of Judah who had put up with him in his outlaw years. The name occurs nowhere else, and some suggest a copyist's slip for Ether.
David sent it a share of the spoil he took back from the Amalekite raiders who hit Ziklag, a gift to the elders of Judah who had put up with him in his outlaw years. The name occurs nowhere else, and some suggest a copyist's slip for Ether.
Athach was one of the towns David sent spoil to after recovering the plunder Amalekite raiders had taken from Ziklag, a gift meant to reward the elders of Judah for tolerating his band's presence in their territory during his years as an outlaw (1 Samuel 30:26-30). Because the name occurs nowhere else in the Bible, some have suggested it is a copyist's error for Ether, a similarly spelled town in Judah's lowlands (Joshua 15:42). Its exact site, if distinct from Ether, is unidentified.
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- 1 Samuel 30:30
