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2 Samuel 8:17
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Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests;
and Tzadok the son of Achituv, and Achimelekh the son of Avyatar, were Kohanim; and Serayah was Sofer;
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests and Seraiah was scribe.
and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was secretary,
Zadok son of Ahitub and Abiathar son of Ahimelech were priests. Seraiah was the royal secretary.
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was scribe;
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the [chief] priests, and Seraiah was the scribe;
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was scribe.
And Zadok the sonne of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar were the Priestes, and Seraiah the Scribe.
and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was scribe;
Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abiathar the son of Ahimelech, were the priests. Seraiah was the secretary.
Tzadok the son of Achituv and Achimelekh the son of Evyatar were cohanim, S'rayah was secretary,
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was scribe;
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests. Seraiah was secretary.
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, the Gelionite, and Abiathar the son of Ahimeleck were priests, and Seraiah was the scribe;
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the court secretary;
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;
Zadok the sonne of Achitob, & Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar were prestes. Seraia was Scrybe.
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;
And Sadoc the sonne of Ahitob, and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar were the priestes, & Saraiah was the scribe.
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;
And Zadok the sonne of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar, were the Priests, and Seraiah was the scribe.
And Sadoc the son of Achitob, and Achimelech son of Abiathar, were priests; and Sasa was the scribe,
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
sone of Achitob, and Achymelech, sone of Abiathar, weren preestis; and Saraye was scryuyn.
and Zadok son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, [are] priests, and Seraiah [is] scribe,
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, [were] the priests: and Seraiah [was] the scribe;
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah 1 Chronicles 18:16">[fn] was the scribe;
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were the priests. Seraiah was the court secretary.
Ahitub's son Zadok and Abiathar's son Ahimelech were religious leaders. Seraiah was the writer.
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was secretary;
And, Zadok, son of Ahitub, and Abimelech, son of Abiathar, were priests, - and, Seraiah, was scribe;
And Sadoc the son of Achitob, and Achimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests: and Saraias was the scribe:
and Zadok the son of Ahi'tub and Ahim'elech the son of Abi'athar were priests; and Serai'ah was secretary;
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was secretary;
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was secretary.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Zadok: 1 Chronicles 6:8, 1 Chronicles 6:53, 1 Chronicles 24:3, 1 Chronicles 24:4
and Seraiah: 1 Chronicles 18:16, Shavsha
scribe: or, secretary
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 15:24 - Zadok 2 Samuel 20:25 - Sheva 1 Kings 1:8 - Zadok 2 Kings 12:10 - the king's 2 Kings 18:18 - the scribe 1 Chronicles 12:28 - Zadok 1 Chronicles 15:11 - Zadok Ezra 4:8 - scribe Ezra 7:2 - Zadok Isaiah 36:3 - Shebna Jeremiah 36:10 - the scribe Mark 2:26 - Abiathar
Cross-References
And God gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters of the seas full, and let the birds be increased in the earth.
And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.
And in the six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters were dry on the earth: and Noah took the cover off the ark and saw that the face of the earth was dry.
And on the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was dry.
And God said to Noah,
And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.
And now, be fertile and have increase; have offspring on the earth and become great in number.
He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, [were] the priests,.... Not high priests, as Josephus i suggests, for there was only one high priest at a time; indeed there was a "sagan", or deputy priest, on occasion; and so Abarbinel says that Zadok was the high priest, and Ahimelech his second or deputy; but the truth of the case was this, Abiathar was high priest only, and continued so until the time of Solomon, when he was thrust out of his office, and Zadok put into it; and Ahimelech his son and Zadok were the principal priests under him, the one of the family of Ithamar, the other of Eleazar; so the Targum on 1 Chronicles 18:16 calls them "sagans", or deputies of the high priesthood. Zadok is mentioned first, though Ahimelech was the son of the present high priest, because he was in great favour with David, as afterwards with Solomon, in whose days the high priesthood was translated to him; the family of Eli being now upon the decline, and near being removed from the high priesthood, as was foretold by Samuel it should:
and Seraiah [was] the scribe; or secretary of state; in 1 Chronicles 18:16 he is called Shavsha; he seems to have had two names.
i Ut supra, (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 5.) sect. 4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For a similar account of the officers of Solomon’s kingdom, see 1 Kings 4:1-6, where Jehoshaphat is still the recorder, and Benaiah is advanced to be captain of the host in the room of Joab. The recorder seems to have been a high officer of state, a kind of chancellor, whose office was to keep a record of the events of the kingdom for the king’s information, and hence, he would naturally be the king’s adviser. See Esther 6:1-2; Isaiah 36:22; 2 Chronicles 34:8. Such an officer is found among the ancient Egyptians and Persians.
Ahimelech the son of Abiathar - According to 1 Samuel 22:9-23, Abiathar, Zadok’s colleague, was the son of Ahimelech. Abiathar the son of Ahimelech continued to be priest through the reign of David. (Compare also 1 Kings 1:7, 1Ki 1:42; 1 Kings 2:22-27.) It almost necessarily follows that there is some error in the text.
The scribe - Or secretary of state 2 Kings 12:10; 2 Kings 18:37, different from the military scribe (Judges 5:14 note).
2 Samuel 8:18
The Cherethites and the Pelethites - See the marginal reference note.
Chief rulers - The word כהן kôhên, here rendered a “chief ruler,” is the regular word for a priest. In the early days of the monarchy the word כהן kôhên had not quite lost its etymological sense, from the root meaning to minister, or manage affairs, though in later times its technical sense alone survived.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Samuel 8:17. Seraiah - the scribe — Most likely the king's private secretary. See 1 Chronicles 24:3 (note).
