International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

an'-a-thoth-it (ha-`annethothi): the Revised Version (British and American) form of the King James Version Anethothite, Anetothite, Antothite. An inhabitant of Anathoth, a town of Benjamin assigned to the Levites. The Anathothites are

(1) Abiezer, one of David's thirty heroes (2 Samuel 23:27 1 Chronicles 11:28; 1 Chronicles 27:12), and

(2) Jehu who came to David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:3).