Sheba’s Rebellion
2 Samuel 20:25
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;Sheva is also called Seraiah, Shisha, and Shavsha; see 2 Samuel 8:17, 1 Kings 4:3, and 1 Chronicles 18:16.
- KJV
- And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
- WEB
- Sheva was scribe, Zadok and Abiathar were priests,
- ASV
- and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
- LSV
- and Sheva [is] scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar [are] priests,
- YLT
- and Sheva [is] scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar [are] priests,
- DBY
- and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
- DRC
- And Siva was scribe: and Sadoc and Abiathar, priests.
- GNV
- And Sheia was Scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar the Priests,
- JPS
- and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
- LXXE
- And Susa was scribe: and Sadoc and Abiathar were priests.
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- Written (Ketiv): וְשֵׁיָא (“and Sheya”). Read aloud (Qere): וּשְׁוָ֖א (“and Sheva”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads וּשְׁיָ֖א; read aloud (Qere) reads וּשְׁוָ֖א (“and Sheva”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- ושיא סֹפֵ֑ר וְצָד֥וֹק וְאֶבְיָתָ֖ר כֹּהֲנִֽים׃Read aloud as (qere): וּשְׁוָ֖א
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ Σουσὰ γραμματεύς· καὶ Σαδὼκ καὶ Ἀβιάθαρ ἱερεῖς·
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Kings 4:4Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
- 2 Samuel 8:17Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
- 1 Chronicles 18:16Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;
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