2 Samuel 8:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְצָד֧וֹק בֶּן־אֲחִיט֛וּב וַאֲחִימֶ֥לֶךְ בֶּן־אֶבְיָתָ֖ר כֹּהֲנִ֑ים וּשְׂרָיָ֖ה סוֹפֵֽר׃

Transliteration

And Ṣādôq son-of-ʾĂḥîṭûb and ʾĂḥîmelek son-of-ʾEbyātār kōhănîm and Śərāyâ sôpēr.

Grammar Details

*wəṢādôq*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Zadok
*ben*: noun, masculine singular construct - son of
*ʾĂḥîṭûb*: proper noun, masculine singular - Ahitub
*waʾĂḥîmelek*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Ahimelech
*ʾEbyātār*: proper noun, masculine singular - Abiathar
*kōhănîm*: noun, masculine plural - priests
*ûśərāyâ*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Seraiah
*sôpēr*: qal participle masculine singular - scribe/secretary

Word Meanings

*kōhănîm*: priests/chief ministers
*sôpēr*: scribe/secretary/writer

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 6:8 : 8 and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
1 Chr 18:16 : 16 and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
1 Chr 24:3-4 : 3 And David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their ordering in their service. 4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and [thus] were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of fathers' houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers' houses, eight.
1 Chr 6:53 : 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
1 Chr 16:39 : 39 and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah in the high place that was at Gibeon,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Chr 18:15-17
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92%
15And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
16and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
17and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
2 Sam 20:24-25
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24and Adoram was over the men subject to taskwork; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
25and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
1 Kgs 4:2-4
3 verses
83%
2And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;
4and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
2 Sam 8:16
81%
16And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
2 Sam 8:18
80%
18and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.
Neh 11:10-12
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79%
10Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,
11Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God,
12and their brethren that did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty and two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
1 Chr 15:11
78%
11And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
1 Chr 24:6
77%
6And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
1 Chr 6:8
77%
8and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
1 Kgs 2:35
77%
35And 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 Chr 9:10-11
2 verses
77%
10And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Jachin,
11and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
1 Chr 24:3
76%
3And David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their ordering in their service.
2 Sam 15:35-36
2 verses
76%
35And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
36Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me everything that ye shall hear.
Ezra 7:2
76%
2the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
2 Sam 15:27
76%
27The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art thou [not] a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
1 Chr 6:53
75%
53Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
1 Chr 6:11-12
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74%
11and Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
12and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
1 Kgs 1:7-8
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7And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
8But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men that belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
1 Chr 16:39
74%
39and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah in the high place that was at Gibeon,
1 Chr 27:34
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34and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the captain of the king's host was Joab.
1 Chr 27:17
74%
17of Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of Aaron, Zadok:
1 Sam 22:20-21
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20And one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
21And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain Jehovah's priests.
1 Sam 22:11
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11Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
2 Chr 17:8
72%
8and with them the Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.
1 Chr 12:28
72%
28and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.
Neh 12:7
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Neh 10:8
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8Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.
2 Chr 31:13
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13And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
1 Chr 8:27
72%
27and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
1 Chr 8:31
72%
31and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher.
1 Chr 8:14-15
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14and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
15and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,
1 Sam 22:17
72%
17And the king said unto the guard that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of Jehovah; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of Jehovah.
1 Chr 8:20
72%
20and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel,
1 Chr 24:31
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31These likewise cast lots even as their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers' [houses] of the chief even as those of his younger brother.
2 Sam 15:29
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29Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they abode there.
1 Sam 30:7
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1 Chr 6:14
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