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17 Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were the priests. Seraiah was the court secretary.

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16 Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech[a] son of Abiathar were the priests. Seraiah[b] was the court secretary.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:16a As in some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac version, and Latin Vulgate (see also 2 Sam 8:17); most Hebrew manuscripts read Abimelech.
  2. 18:16b As in parallel text at 2 Sam 8:17; Hebrew reads Shavsha.

Ahitub was the father of Zadok.
Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz.

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With the help of Zadok, who was a descendant of Eleazar, and of Ahimelech, who was a descendant of Ithamar, David divided Aaron’s descendants into groups according to their various duties. Eleazar’s descendants were divided into sixteen groups and Ithamar’s into eight, for there were more family leaders among the descendants of Eleazar.

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39 Meanwhile, David stationed Zadok the priest and his fellow priests at the Tabernacle of the Lord at the place of worship in Gibeon, where they continued to minister before the Lord.

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