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David’s Officers

1 Chronicles 18:16

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BSB
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;Some Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, and Syriac (see also 2 Samuel 8:17); most Hebrew manuscripts AbimelechShavsha is also called Seraiah, Sheva, and Shisha; see 2 Samuel 8:17, 2 Samuel 20:25, and 1 Kings 4:3.
KJV
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;Abimelech: also called, AhimelechShavsha: also called Seraiah or Shisha
WEB
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was scribe;
ASV
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
LSV
and Zadok son of Ahitub and Abimelech son of Abiathar [are] priests, and Shavsha [is] scribe,
YLT
and Zadok son of Ahitub, and Abimelech son of Abiathar, [are] priests, and Shavsha [is] scribe,
DBY
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
DRC
And Sadoc the son of Achitob, and Achimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests: and Susa, scribe.
GNV
And Zadok the sonne of Ahitub, and Abimelech the sonne of Abiathar were the Priests, and Shausha the Scribe,
JPS
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
LXXE
And Sadoc son of Achitob, and Achimelech son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Susa was the scribe;

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְצָד֧וֹק בֶּן־אֲחִיט֛וּב וַאֲבִימֶ֥לֶךְ בֶּן־אֶבְיָתָ֖ר כֹּהֲנִ֑ים וְשַׁוְשָׁ֖א סוֹפֵֽר׃
LXX-Br
καὶ Σαδὼκ υἱὸς Ἀχειτὼβ καὶ Αχειμέλεχ υἱὸς Ἀβιάθαρ οἱ ἱερεῖς, καὶ Σουσὰ γραμματεύς,

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  • 2 Samuel 8:17Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
  • 2 Samuel 20:25Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
  • 1 Kings 4:3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
  • 1 Kings 2:35And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.
  • 1 Chronicles 24:6The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the…

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