⁵³ Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

¹⁷ Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was secretary;^(A)

The Levitical Priests

¹⁵ “But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me to minister to me, and they shall attend me to offer me the fat and the blood, says the Lord God.^(A)

³¹ These also cast lots corresponding to their kindred, the descendants of Aaron, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of ancestral houses of the priests and of the Levites, the chief as well as the youngest brother.^(A)

³ Along with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, David organized them according to the appointed duties in their service.

¹⁶ The son of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.^(A)

²⁸ Zadok, a young warrior, and twenty-two commanders from his own ancestral house.^(A)

⁸ Ahitub of Zadok, Zadok of Ahimaaz,^(A)

⁴ Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in command of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

³⁵ The king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the army in his place, and the king put the priest Zadok in the place of Abiathar.^(A)