2 Samuel 20:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Sheva was the scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 8:17 : 17 And Zadok and Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, were priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
  • 1 Kgs 4:4 : 4 Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was head of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
  • 1 Chr 18:16 : 16 And Zadok, the son of Ahitub; and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was the scribe;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 18:15-17
    3 verses
    87%

    15 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records.

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

    17 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief of those whose places were at the king's side.

  • 2 Sam 8:16-18
    3 verses
    85%

    16 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records;

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

    18 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.

  • 1 Kgs 4:2-4
    3 verses
    78%

    2 And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;

    3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;

    4 Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was head of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

  • 2 Sam 20:23-24
    2 verses
    77%

    23 Now Joab was over all the army; and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was at the head of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

    24 And Adoram was overseer of the forced work; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;

  • 1 Chr 15:11
    75%

    11 And David sent for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, Uriel, Asaiah and Joel, Shemaiah and Eliel and Amminadab,

  • 2 Sam 15:35-36
    2 verses
    75%

    35 And have you not there Zadok and Abiathar the priests? so whatever comes to your ears from the king's house, give word of it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

    36 See, they have with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar; by them you may send word to me of everything which comes to your ears.

  • 2 Sam 20:26
    74%

    26 And in addition, Ira the Jairite was a priest to David.

  • 1 Kgs 2:35
    73%

    35 And the king put Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, in his place over the army; and Zadok the priest he put in the place of Abiathar.

  • 1 Chr 24:6
    73%

    6 And Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was a Levite, put down their names in writing, the king being present with the rulers, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites; one family being taken for Eleazar and then one for Ithamar, and so on.

  • 1 Chr 24:3
    73%

    3 And David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, made distribution of them into their positions for their work.

  • 1 Sam 22:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20 And Abiathar, one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, got away and went in flight after David;

    21 And gave him the news of how Saul had put to death the Lord's priests.

  • 1 Kgs 1:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7 And he had talk with Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they were on his side and gave him their support.

    8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Rei, and David's men of war did not take the side of Adonijah.

  • 2 Sam 15:27
    71%

    27 The king said further to Zadok the priest, See, you and Abiathar are to go back to the town in peace, with your two sons, Ahimaaz, your son, and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar.

  • 1 Chr 27:34
    70%

    34 After Ahithophel was Jehoiada, the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; and the captain of the king's army was Joab.

  • 1 Chr 16:39
    70%

    39 And Zadok the priest, with his brothers the priests, before the House of the Lord in the high place at Gibeon;

  • 1 Kgs 1:32
    70%

    32 And King David said, Send for Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.

  • 2 Sam 20:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6 And David said to Abishai, Sheba, the son of Bichri, will do us more damage than Absalom did; so take some of your lord's servants and go after him, before he makes himself safe in the walled towns, and gets away before our eyes.

    7 So there went after Abishai, Joab and the Cherethites and the Pelethites and all the fighting-men; they went out of Jerusalem to overtake Sheba, the son of Bichri.

  • 1 Sam 22:11
    69%

    11 Then the king sent for Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and for all the men of his father's family who were priests in Nob: and they all came to the king.

  • 2 Sam 15:29
    69%

    29 So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem, and did not go away from there.

  • 1 Chr 27:25
    69%

    25 And Azmaveth, the son of Adiel, was controller of the king's property; Jonathan, the son of Uzziah, had control of all store-houses in country places and in the towns and little towns and strong places;

  • 1 Sam 22:17
    69%

    17 Then the king said to the runners who were waiting near him, Put the priests of the Lord to death; because they are on David's side, and having knowledge of his flight, did not give me word of it. But the king's servants would not put out their hands to make an attack on the Lord's priests.

  • 1 Chr 12:28
    69%

    28 And Zadok, a young man, great and strong in war, with twenty-two captains from his father's people.

  • 1 Kgs 1:26
    69%

    26 But me, your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, he has not sent for.

  • 1 Chr 23:2
    68%

    2 And he got together all the chiefs of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

  • 1 Kgs 4:6
    68%

    6 Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work.

  • 1 Kgs 2:26-27
    2 verses
    68%

    26 And to Abiathar the priest the king said, Go to Anathoth, to your fields; for death would be your right reward; but I will not put you to death now, because you took up the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and you were with him in all his troubles.

    27 So Solomon let Abiathar be priest no longer, so that he might make the word of the Lord come true which he said about the sons of Eli in Shiloh.

  • Neh 10:8
    68%

    8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.

  • 1 Chr 27:17
    68%

    17 Of Levi, Hashabiah, the son of Kemuel; of Aaron, Zadok;

  • 1 Sam 30:7
    68%

    7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, Come here to me with the ephod. And Abiathar took the ephod to David.

  • 2 Sam 5:16
    68%

    16 And Elishama and Eliada and Eliphelet.

  • 1 Chr 25:1
    68%

    1 Further, David and the chiefs of the servants of the holy place made selection of certain of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun for the work of prophets, to make melody with corded instruments and brass; and the number of the men for the work they had to do was:

  • Neh 11:11
    68%

    11 Seraiah, 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 26:26
    67%

    26 Shelomoth and his brothers were responsible for all the store of holy things which David the king and the heads of families, the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and the captains of the army, had given to the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 27:32
    67%

    32 Now Jonathan, David's father's brother, expert in discussion, and a man of good sense, was a scribe; and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni, had the care of the king's sons;

  • 2 Sam 20:2
    67%

    2 So all the men of Israel, turning away from David, went after Sheba, the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah were true to their king, going with him from Jordan as far as Jerusalem.

  • 1 Sam 21:1
    67%

    1 Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was full of fear at meeting David, and said to him, Why are you by yourself, having no man with you?

  • 1 Chr 8:20
    67%

    20 And Elienai and Zillethai and Eliel

  • Ezra 10:39
    67%

    39 And Shelemiah and Nathan and Adaiah,