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Literal Standard Version

1 Chronicles 18:16

and Zadok son of Ahitub and Abimelech son of Abiathar [are] priests, and Shavsha [is] scribe,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abiathar;   Ahitub;   Seraiah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abiathar;   Ahimelech;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Scribes;   Shavsha;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abiathar;   Shavsha;   Sheva;   Shisha;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abiathar;   Abimelech;   Chronicles, Books of;   Seraiah;   Shavsha;   Sheva;   Shisha;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abiathar;   Abimelech;   Ahimelech;   Ahitub;   Chronicles, I;   Zadok;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Abiathar;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abiathar ;   Abimelech ;   Ahimelech ;   Ahitub ;   Shavsha ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abiathar;   Abimelech;   Ahimelech;   Ahitub;   War;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Abim'elech;   Shav'sha;   She'va;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Abiathar;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abiathar;   Abimelech;   Ahijah;   Ahimelech;   Ahitub;   David;   Priest, High;   Seraiah;   Shavsha;   Zadok;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abimelech;   Hamath;   Seraiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests;
Hebrew Names Version
and Tzadok the son of Achituv, and Avimelekh the son of Avyatar, were Kohanim; and Shavsha was Sofer;
King James Version
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
English Standard Version
and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests; and Shavsha was secretary;
New Century Version
Zadok son of Ahitub and Abiathar son of Ahimelech were priests. Shavsha was the royal secretary.
New English Translation
Zadok son of Ahitub and Abimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was scribe;
Amplified Bible
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests, and Shavsha was secretary (state scribe);
New American Standard Bible
and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Shavsha was secretary;
World English Bible
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Zadok the sonne of Ahitub, and Abimelech the sonne of Abiathar were the Priests, & Shausha the Scribe,
Legacy Standard Bible
and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Shavsha was scribe;
Berean Standard Bible
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;
Contemporary English Version
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests. Shavsha was the secretary.
Complete Jewish Bible
Tzadok the son of Achituv and Avimelekh the son of Evyatar were cohanim, Shavsha was secretary,
Darby Translation
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
Easy-to-Read Version
Zadok and Abimelech were the priests. Zadok was Ahitub's son, and Abimelech was Abiathar's son. Shavsha was the scribe.
George Lamsa Translation
And Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelek the son of Abiathar were the priests; and Seriah was scribe;
Good News Translation
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was court secretary;
Lexham English Bible
And Zadok son of Ahitub and Abimelech son of Abiathar were priests, and Shavsha was secretary.
Literal Translation
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Sadoc the sonne of Achitob, and Ahimelech ye sonne of Abiathar, were prestes. Sauesa was Scrybe.
American Standard Version
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
Bible in Basic English
And Zadok, the son of Ahitub; and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was the scribe;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Zadoc the sonne of Ahitob and Abimelech the sonne of Abiathar were the priestes, and Sausa was scribe,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
King James Version (1611)
And Zadok the sonne of Ahitub, and Abimelech the sonne of Abiathar, were the Priests, and Shausha was Scribe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Sadoc son of Achitob, and Achimelech son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Susa was the scribe;
English Revised Version
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
forsothe Sadoch, the sone of Achitob, and Achymalech, the sone of Abyathar, weren preestis; and Susa was scribe;
Update Bible Version
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
Webster's Bible Translation
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, [were] the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
New King James Version
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Shavsha 2 Samuel 8:17">[fn] was the scribe;
New Living Translation
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were the priests. Seraiah was the court secretary.
New Life Bible
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were religious leaders. Shavsha was the one who writes everything down.
New Revised Standard
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was secretary;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, Zadok, son of Ahitub, and Abimelech son of Abiathar, were priests, - and, Shavsha, was scribe;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Sadoc the son of Achitob, and Achimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests: and Susa, scribe.
Revised Standard Version
and Zadok the son of Ahi'tub and Ahim'elech the son of Abi'athar were priests; and Shavsha was secretary;
Young's Literal Translation
and Zadok son of Ahitub, and Abimelech son of Abiathar, [are] priests, and Shavsha [is] scribe,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Shavsha was secretary;

Contextual Overview

9And Tou king of Hamath hears that David has struck the whole force of Hadarezer king of Zobah, 10and he sends his son Hadoram to King David, to ask of him of peace, and to bless him, because that he has fought against Hadarezer and strikes him (for Hadarezer had been a man of wars with Tou); and [with him were] all kinds of vessels, of gold, and silver, and bronze; 11King David has also sanctified them to YHWH with the silver and the gold that he has taken from all the nations, from Edom, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek. 12And Abishai son of Zeruiah has struck Edom in the Valley of Salt—eighteen thousand, 13and he puts garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites are servants to David; and YHWH saves David wherever he has gone. 14And David reigns over all Israel, and he is doing judgment and righteousness to all his people, 15and Joab son of Zeruiah [is] over the host, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] remembrancer, 16and Zadok son of Ahitub and Abimelech son of Abiathar [are] priests, and Shavsha [is] scribe,17and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is] over the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the chief sons of David [are] at the hand of the king.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Abimelech: 2 Samuel 8:17, Ahimelech.

Abiathar: 2 Samuel 20:25, 1 Kings 2:35

Shavsha: 2 Samuel 8:17, Seraiah, 2 Samuel 20:25, Sheva, 1 Kings 4:3, Shisha

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 15:11 - Zadok Mark 2:26 - Abiathar

Cross-References

Acts 15:3
they indeed, then, having been sent forward by the assembly, were passing through Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the nations, and they were causing great joy to all the brothers.
Acts 20:38
sorrowing most of all for the word that he had said—that they are about to see his face no longer; and they were accompanying him to the ship.
Acts 21:5
but when it came that we completed the days, having gone forth, we went on, all bringing us on the way, with women and children, to the outside of the city, and having bowed the knees on the shore, we prayed,
Romans 15:24
when I may go on to Spain I will come to you, for I hope in going through, to see you, and by you to be set forward there, if of you first, in part, I will be filled.
3 John 1:6
who testified of your love before an assembly, whom you will do well, having sent forward worthily of God,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See Gill "1Ch 18:1".

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 18:16. Zadok-and Abimelech - priests — Both high priests; one at Gibeon, and the other at Jerusalem, as we have seen 1 Chronicles 16:39.

Shavsha was scribe — Called Seraiah, 2 Samuel 8:17.


 
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