1 Chronicles 18:16

And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, [were] the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;

And Zadok {H6659} the son {H1121} of Ahitub {H285}, and Abimelech {H40} the son {H1121} of Abiathar {H54}, were the priests {H3548}; and Shavsha {H7798} was scribe {H5608};

Tzadok the son of Achituv and Avimelekh the son of Evyatar were cohanim, Shavsha was secretary,

Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;

and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;

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Cross-References

  • 2 Samuel 8:17 (7 votes)

    And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, [were] the priests; and Seraiah [was] the scribe;

  • 2 Samuel 20:25 (5 votes)

    And Sheva [was] scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests:

  • 1 Kings 4:3 (3 votes)

    Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.

  • 1 Kings 2:35 (2 votes)

    ¶ And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.

  • 1 Chronicles 24:6 (2 votes)

    And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, [one] of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and [before] the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and [one] taken for Ithamar.