1 Chronicles 18:16 BSB

1 Chronicles 18:16

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Zadok - and Abimelech - priests - Both high priests; one at Gibeon, and the other at Jerusalem, as we have seen 1Ch 16:39. Shavsha was scribe - Called Seraiah, 2Sa 8:17.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְצָד֧וֹק	ve.tza.Dok	and Zadok	H6659 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
אֲחִיט֛וּב	'a.chi.Tuv	Ahitub	H285 →
וַאֲבִימֶ֥לֶךְ	va.'a.vi.Me.lekh	and Abimelech	H40 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
אֶבְיָתָ֖ר	'ev.ya.Tar	Abiathar	H54 →
כֹּהֲנִ֑ים	ko.ha.Nim	[were] priests	H3548 →
וְשַׁוְשָׁ֖א	ve.shav.Sha'	and Shavsha	H7798 →
סוֹפֵֽר׃	so.Fer	[was the] scribe	H5608 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- 1 Kings 4:4
  Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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 Chronicles 29:22
  That day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated David’s son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler,…
Through
1 Kings 4:3
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
leads to
- 2 Samuel 8:16
  Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
Through
2 Samuel 8:17
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 6:8
  Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,
- 1 Chronicles 16:39
  And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon
- 1 Chronicles 24:3–4
  With the help of Eleazar’s descendant Zadok and Ithamar’s descendant Ahimelech, David divided them according to the offices of their service.
Through
2 Samuel 20:25
Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
leads to
- 2 Samuel 8:17
  Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;