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{{Short description|Son of the high priest Zadok}}
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{{Single source|date=October 2025}}}}[[File:Jonathan and Ahimaaz.jpg|thumb|right|180px|''Jonathan and Ahimaaz hide from Absalom'' by [[Johann Christoph Weigel]], 1695. This woodcut depicts an event recorded in [[2 Samuel 17]]:17-21.]]
'''Ahimaaz''' ({{langx|he|{{Script/Hebr|אֲחִימַעַץ}}}} ''ʾĂḥīmaʿaṣ'', "My Brother Is Counselor") was son of the high priest [[Zadok]].

Ahimaaz first appears in the reign of King [[David]] (reigned c. 1000-962 BCE). During [[Absalom]]'s revolt he remained faithful to David, and, along with [[Jonathan (son of Abiathar)|Jonathan, son of Abiathar]], assisted him by giving him news about the proceedings of Absalom in [[Jerusalem]] ([[2 Samuel 15]]:24–37; [[2 Samuel 17|17]]:15–21). He was a swift runner, and was the first to bring David news of the defeat of Absalom, although he refrained from mentioning his death (2 Samuel 18:19–33).

Under King [[Solomon]] (c. 970–930 BCE), Ahimaaz's father Zadok became high priest. When Zadok died, Ahimaaz succeeded him in that position ([[1 Chronicles 6]]:8, 53).

He may have been the same Ahimaaz who took as wife [[Basemath, daughter of Solomon|Basemath]], one of Solomon's daughters ([[1 Kings 4]]:15). Subsequent kings of Israel, [[Ahaz]], also married daughters of the high priest.

== Patrilineal ancestry ==
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== Further reading ==

* {{eastons|title=Ahimaaz}}

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