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ITHAMAR

(Heb. ʾîṯāmār)

The fourth son of Aaron (Exod. 6:23; 1 Chr. 6:3[MT 5:29]). Ithamar was commissioned for priestly service along with his brothers (Exod. 28:1). When the two oldest brothers Nadad and Abihu sinned by offering incense with a sacrifice (Lev. 10:1-3), God took their lives, leaving Eleazar and Ithamar to serve (v. 12). Ithamar had oversight of the Gershonites and the Merarites, who assisted in moving the tabernacle about (Num. 4:21-33) with the aid of oxen (7:7-8). Less numerous than the descendants of Eleazar, who functioned at the temple from the time of Solomon to its destruction, Ithamar’s descendants served there also (1 Chr. 24:1-6). The Chronicler includes Zadok among the descendants of Eleazar and Abiathar of Shiloh among the descendants of Ithamar (1 Chr. 24:3, 6, 31), but this seems to be in error. In the postexilic period, Daniel, the son of Ithamar, participated in the return under Ezra (Ezra 8:2).

Paul L. Redditt






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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