1 Chronicles 12:28
in 1 Chronicles 12and Zadok, a mighty young man of valor, with 22 commanders from his own family.
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ASV
and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains.
KJV
And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 12
Commentary
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Zadok, a mighty young man of valor
on 1 Chronicles 12:28-29
Zadok, a mighty young man of valor, comes with 22 commanders from his own family. He is the priest who anoints Solomon king in 1 Kings 1. Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul, sends only 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over a hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. 15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
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The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְצָד֥וֹק | vetzadok | and Zadok | H6659 → | 53 times |
| נַ֖עַר | naar | a young man | H5288 → | 239 times |
| גִּבּ֣וֹר | gibor | mighty of | H1368 → | 158 times |
| חָ֑יִל | chayil | strength | H2428 → | 246 times |
| וּבֵית־ | uveit- | and [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אָבִ֥יו | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| שָׂרִ֖ים | sarim | commanders | H8269 → | 421 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֥ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ ס | ushenayim | and two | H8147 → | 768 times |
וְצָד֥וֹקand Zadok
vetzadokH6659 →53 times
נַ֖עַרa young man
naarH5288 →239 times
גִּבּ֣וֹרmighty of
giborH1368 →158 times
חָ֑יִלstrength
chayilH2428 →246 times
וּבֵית־and [the] house of
uveit-H1004 →2046 times
אָבִ֥יוfather his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
שָׂרִ֖יםcommanders
sarimH8269 →421 times
עֶשְׂרִ֥יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ סand two
ushenayimH8147 →768 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 6:8Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 8:17
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 2:35
And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 1:34
There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 15:27
The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.
- 2 Samuel 8:17
Through
2 Samuel 8:17Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 6:8
Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 6:8
Through
1 Kings 1:8But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 4:18
Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;
- 2 Samuel 20:25
Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
- 1 Kings 4:18
Through
1 Kings 2:35And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 2:27
So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.
- 1 Kings 2:27
About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
