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<p> (Heb. Ithamar', אַיתָמָר, ''Palm-Isle;'' but according to Furst, ''Not High,'' i.e. ''Little;'' Sept. Ι᾿θάμαρ; [[Josephus]] Ι᾿θάμαρος, Ant. 8, 1, 3), the fourth and youngest son of Aaron (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:3). B.C. 1658. He was consecrated to the priesthood along with his brothers (&nbsp;Exodus 6:23; &nbsp;Numbers 3:2-3); and after the death of Nadab and Abihu (&nbsp;Leviticus 10:1 sq.), as they left no children, he and Eleazar alone remained to discharge the priestly functions (&nbsp;Leviticus 10:6; &nbsp;Leviticus 10:12; &nbsp;Numbers 3:4; &nbsp;Numbers 26:60 sq.; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 24:2). Nothing is individually recorded of him, except that the property of the tabernacle was placed under his charge (&nbsp;Exodus 38:21), and that he superintended all matters connected with its removal by the [[Levitical]] sections of [[Gershon]] and Merari (&nbsp;Numbers 4:28). The sacred utensils and their removal were entrusted to his elder brother Eleazar, whose family was larger than that of Ithamar (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 24:4). Ithamar, with his descendants, occupied the position of common priests till the high-priesthood passed into his family in the person of Eli, under circumstances of which we are ignorant. (See Eli). </p> <p> Abiathar, whom Solomon deposed, was the last high-priest of that line, and the pontificate then reverted to the elder line of Eleazar in the person of Zadok (&nbsp;1 Kings 2:27). (See [[High-Priest]]). </p> <p> The traditionary tomb of Ithamar is still shown near that of his brother Eleazar in the hill of [[Phinehas]] (Schwarz, ''Palest.'' p. 151). A priest by the name of Daniel, of his posterity, returned from Babylon. (&nbsp;Ezra 8:2; &nbsp;1 [[Esdras]] 8:29). </p>