2 Samuel 8:17
in 2 Samuel 8Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 2 Samuel 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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;
This site's exposition
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host
on 2 Samuel 8:16-18
This is the first cabinet the united kingdom is given, Joab over the army by the promise of 5:8, Jehoshaphat as recorder, two priests still standing from the two lines that had served two kings before David's throne, Seraiah as scribe, and Benaiah over the royal guard. Adam Clarke reads the Cherethites and Pelethites by the Targum's rendering, archers and slingers rather than a tribal name, drawn from the men who had followed David since his exile among the Philistines. The same list of offices, largely the same men, closes the court narrative again at 20:23-26, framing the chapters between.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Seraiah - the scribe - Most likely the king’s private secretary. See 1Ch 24:3 (note).
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 → | |
| וַאֲחִימֶ֥לֶךְ | vaachimelekh | and Ahimelech | H288 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֶבְיָתָ֖ר | ʾevyatar | Abiathar | H54 → | 30 times |
| כֹּהֲנִ֑ים | kohanim | [were] priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וּשְׂרָיָ֖ה | userayah | and Seraiah | H8304 → | |
| סוֹפֵֽר׃ | sofer | [was] secretary | H5608 → | 159 times |
וְצָד֧וֹקand Zadok
vetzadokH6659 →53 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אֲחִיט֛וּבAhitub
ʾachituvH285 →
וַאֲחִימֶ֥לֶךְand Ahimelech
vaachimelekhH288 →
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אֶבְיָתָ֖רAbiathar
ʾevyatarH54 →30 times
כֹּהֲנִ֑ים[were] priests
kohanimH3548 →750 times
וּשְׂרָיָ֖הand Seraiah
userayahH8304 →
סוֹפֵֽר׃[was] secretary
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 Chronicles 6:8Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,
it 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 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.
- 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!’
- 1 Kings 2:35
Through
1 Chronicles 18:16Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;
it 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;
- 2 Samuel 20:25
Through
1 Chronicles 16:39And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon
it 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.
- 1 Kings 3:4
About 2 Samuel
Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).