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

¹⁶ Zadok^(A) son of Ahitub and Ahimelek^[a](B) son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was secretary;

³ With the help of Zadok^(A) a descendant of Eleazar and Ahimelek a descendant of Ithamar, David separated them into divisions for their appointed order of ministering. ⁴ A larger number of leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than among Ithamar’s, and they were divided accordingly: sixteen heads of families from Eleazar’s descendants and eight heads of families from Ithamar’s descendants.

³⁹ David left Zadok^(A) the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the Lord at the high place in Gibeon^(B)