2 Samuel 8:17 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 8:17

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The two high priests exercised their office under the respective princes to whom they were attached. But, on David's obtaining the kingdom over all Israel, they both retained their dignity;

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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 →
וַאֲחִימֶ֥לֶךְ	va.'a.chi.Me.lekh	and Ahimelech	H288 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
אֶבְיָתָ֖ר	'ev.ya.Tar	Abiathar	H54 →
כֹּהֲנִ֑ים	ko.ha.Nim	[were] priests	H3548 →
וּשְׂרָיָ֖ה	u.se.ra.Yah	and Seraiah	H8304 →
סוֹפֵֽר׃	so.Fer	[was] secretary	H5608 →

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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 Chronicles 6:8
Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,
leads to
- 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 3 independent 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.
- 1 Kings 1:44
  And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king’s mule.
- 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!’
Through
1 Chronicles 18:16
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;
leads to
- 2 Samuel 20:25
  Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
- 1 Kings 4:3
  Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
Through
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
leads to
- 1 Kings 3:4
  Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
- 1 Chronicles 15:11
  David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.