1 Chronicles 18:16
in 1 Chronicles 18Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 1 Chronicles 18
Commentary
2 notes on this verseZadok - 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.
This site's exposition
executed judgment and justice
on 1 Chronicles 18:14-17
The chapter closes as its parallel in 2 Sam 8:15-18 does, with the officer list that shows a kingdom ordered as well as won: Joab over the host, Jehoshaphat as recorder, Zadok and Abimelech as priests, Shavsha as scribe, and Benaiah over the Cherethites and Pelethites. Verse 14's summary, David executed judgment and justice among all his people, reads the wars of the chapter as service to that end rather than an end in themselves. Two small differences from Samuel stand without comment, the scribe's name Shavsha where Samuel gives Seraiah, and the sons of David called chief about the king here where Samuel calls them priests, textual variations the commentators note without needing to settle.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְצָד֧וֹק | vetzadok | and Zadok | H6659 → | 53 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֲחִיט֛וּב | ʾachituv | Ahitub | H285 → | 15 times |
| וַאֲבִימֶ֥לֶךְ | vaavimelekh | and Abimelech | H40 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֶבְיָתָ֖ר | ʾevyatar | Abiathar | H54 → | 30 times |
| כֹּהֲנִ֑ים | kohanim | [were] priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וְשַׁוְשָׁ֖א | veshavsha' | and Shavsha | H7798 → | |
| סוֹפֵֽר׃ | sofer | [was the] scribe | H5608 → | 159 times |
וְצָד֧וֹקand Zadok
vetzadokH6659 →53 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אֲחִיט֛וּבAhitub
ʾachituvH285 →15 times
וַאֲבִימֶ֥לֶךְand Abimelech
vaavimelekhH40 →
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אֶבְיָתָ֖רAbiathar
ʾevyatarH54 →30 times
כֹּהֲנִ֑ים[were] priests
kohanimH3548 →750 times
וְשַׁוְשָׁ֖אand Shavsha
veshavsha'H7798 →
סוֹפֵֽר׃[was the] scribe
soferH5608 →159 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 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 4:4
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
Reached by 2 separate 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,…
- 1 Kings 4:4
Through
1 Kings 4:3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 8:16
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
- 2 Samuel 8:16
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,
- 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.
- 1 Chronicles 6:8
Through
2 Samuel 20:25Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 8:17
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
- 2 Samuel 8:17
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.