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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

1 Chronicles 18:16

and, Zadok, son of Ahitub, and Abimelech son of Abiathar, were priests, - and, Shavsha, was 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;
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

9 And, when Tou, king of Hamath, heard that David had smitten all the force of Hadarezer king of Zobah, 10 he sent Hadoram his son unto King David, to ask after his welfare, and to bless him, because he had made war against Hadarezer and had smitten him, for, a man making wars against Tou, had been Hadarezer, - and he had with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and bronze; 11 them also, did King David hallow unto Yahweh, with the silver and the gold, that he bare away from all the nations, - from Edom, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek. 12 Moreover, Abishai, son of Zeruiah, smote Edom, in the Valley of Salt, - eighteen thousand; 13 and set, in Edom, garrisons, and all Edom became servants unto David, - and Yahweh gave David the victory, whithersoever he went. 14 So David reigned over all Israel, - and he was executing justice and righteousness for all his people; 15 and, Joab, son of Zeruiah, was over the army, - and, Jehoshaphat, son of Elihud, was recorder; 16 and, Zadok, son of Ahitub, and Abimelech son of Abiathar, were priests, - and, Shavsha, was scribe; 17 and, Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, - and, the sons of David, were first, in attendance on 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, therefore, being set forward by the Assembly, began passing through Phoenicia and Samaria, fully relating the conversion of them of the nations, and were causing great joy unto all the brethren.
Acts 20:38
being most distressed for the word which he had said, - That, no more, should they, his face, behold. And they accompanied him unto the ship.
Acts 21:5
And, when it came to pass that we had completed the days, we went forth, and continued our journey, all of them accompanying us, with wives and children, as far as outside the city; and, kneeling down on the beach in prayer,
Romans 15:24
As soon as I am journey to Spain, - I am hoping, in fact, when journeying through to get sight of you, and by you to be set forward thither, - if, with your company, I have first in some measure been satisfied.
3 John 1:6
Who have borne witness to thy love before the assembly: whom thou wilt do, nobly, to set 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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