2 Samuel 8:17

Wycliffe Bible

sone of Achitob, and Achymelech, sone of Abiathar, weren preestis; and Saraye was scryuyn.

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 Achimelekh the son of Avyatar, were Kohanim; and Serayah was Sofer;

King James Version
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;

Lexham English Bible
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests and Seraiah was scribe.

English Standard Version
and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was secretary,

New Century Version
Zadok son of Ahitub and Abiathar son of Ahimelech were priests. Seraiah was the royal secretary.

New English Translation
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was scribe;

Amplified Bible
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the [chief] priests, and Seraiah was the scribe;

New American Standard Bible
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was scribe.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Zadok the sonne of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar were the Priestes, and Seraiah the Scribe.

Legacy Standard Bible
and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was scribe;

Contemporary English Version
Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abiathar the son of Ahimelech, were the priests. Seraiah was the secretary.

Complete Jewish Bible
Tzadok the son of Achituv and Achimelekh the son of Evyatar were cohanim, S'rayah was secretary,

Darby Translation
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was scribe;

Easy-to-Read Version
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests. Seraiah was secretary.

George Lamsa Translation
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, the Gelionite, and Abiathar the son of Ahimeleck were priests, and Seraiah was the scribe;

Good News Translation
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the court secretary;

Literal Translation
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Zadok the sonne of Achitob, & Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar were prestes. Seraia was Scrybe.

American Standard Version
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;

Bible in Basic English
And Zadok and Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, were priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Sadoc the sonne of Ahitob, and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar were the priestes, & Saraiah was the scribe.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;

King James Version (1611)
And Zadok the sonne of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar, were the Priests, and Seraiah was the scribe.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Sadoc the son of Achitob, and Achimelech son of Abiathar, were priests; and Sasa was the scribe,

English Revised Version
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;

Berean Standard Bible
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;

Young's Literal Translation
and Zadok son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, [are] priests, and Seraiah [is] scribe,

Update Bible Version
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;

Webster's Bible Translation
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, [were] the priests: and Seraiah [was] the scribe;

World English Bible
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;

New King James Version
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah 1 Chronicles 18:16">[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
Ahitub's son Zadok and Abiathar's son Ahimelech were religious leaders. Seraiah was the writer.

New Revised Standard
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was secretary;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Zadok, son of Ahitub, and Abimelech, son of Abiathar, were priests, - and, Seraiah, was scribe;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Sadoc the son of Achitob, and Achimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests: and Saraias was the scribe:

Revised Standard Version
and Zadok the son of Ahi'tub and Ahim'elech the son of Abi'athar were priests; and Serai'ah was secretary;

THE MESSAGE
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was secretary;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was secretary.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ And Dauid regnede on al Israel, and Dauid dide doom, and riytfulnesse to al his puple. ¹⁶ Forsothe Joab, the sone of Saruy, was ouer the oost; sotheli Josaphat, sone of Achilud, was chaunceler; and Sadoch, ¹⁷ sone of Achitob, and Achymelech, sone of Abiathar, weren preestis; and Saraye was scryuyn. ¹⁸ Forsothe Bananye, sone of Joiada, was ouer Cerethi and Pherethi, that is, ouer archeris and arblasteris; sotheli the sones of Dauid weren prestis.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Zadok: 1 Chronicles 6:8, 1 Chronicles 6:53, 1 Chronicles 24:3, 1 Chronicles 24:4

and Seraiah: 1 Chronicles 18:16, Shavsha

scribe: or, secretary

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 15:24 - Zadok 2 Samuel 20:25 - Sheva 1 Kings 1:8 - Zadok 2 Kings 12:10 - the king's 2 Kings 18:18 - the scribe 1 Chronicles 12:28 - Zadok 1 Chronicles 15:11 - Zadok Ezra 4:8 - scribe Ezra 7:2 - Zadok Isaiah 36:3 - Shebna Jeremiah 36:10 - the scribe Mark 2:26 - Abiathar

Cross-References

Genesis 1:22
and blesside hem, and seide, Wexe ye, and be ye multiplied, and fille ye the watris of the see, and briddis be multiplied on erthe.

Genesis 1:28
And God blesside hem, and seide, Encreesse ye, and be ye multiplied, and fille ye the erthe, and make ye it suget, and be ye lordis to fischis of the see, and to volatilis of heuene, and to alle lyuynge beestis that ben moued on erthe.

Genesis 8:13
Therfor in the sixe hundrid and o yeer of the lijf of Noe, in the firste monethe, in the firste day of the monethe, watris weren decreessid on erthe; and Noe openede the roof of the schip, and bihelde and seiy that the face of the erthe was dried.

Genesis 8:14
In the secunde monethe, in the seuene and twentithe dai of the monethe, the erthe was maad drie.

Genesis 8:15
Sotheli the Lord spak to Noe;

Genesis 9:1
And God blisside Noe and hise sones, and seide to hem, Encreesse ye, and be ye multiplied, and fille ye the erthe;

Genesis 9:7
Forsothe encreesse ye, and be ye multiplied, and entre ye on erthe, and fille ye it, Also the Lord seide thes thingis to Noe,

Psalms 107:38
And he blesside hem, and thei weren multiplied greetli; and he made not lesse her werk beestis.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, [were] the priests,.... Not high priests, as Josephus i suggests, for there was only one high priest at a time; indeed there was a "sagan", or deputy priest, on occasion; and so Abarbinel says that Zadok was the high priest, and Ahimelech his second or deputy; but the truth of the case was this, Abiathar was high priest only, and continued so until the time of Solomon, when he was thrust out of his office, and Zadok put into it; and Ahimelech his son and Zadok were the principal priests under him, the one of the family of Ithamar, the other of Eleazar; so the Targum on 1 Chronicles 18:16 calls them "sagans", or deputies of the high priesthood. Zadok is mentioned first, though Ahimelech was the son of the present high priest, because he was in great favour with David, as afterwards with Solomon, in whose days the high priesthood was translated to him; the family of Eli being now upon the decline, and near being removed from the high priesthood, as was foretold by Samuel it should:

and Seraiah [was] the scribe; or secretary of state; in 1 Chronicles 18:16 he is called Shavsha; he seems to have had two names.

i Ut supra, (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 5.) sect. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For a similar account of the officers of Solomon’s kingdom, see 1 Kings 4:1-6, where Jehoshaphat is still the recorder, and Benaiah is advanced to be captain of the host in the room of Joab. The recorder seems to have been a high officer of state, a kind of chancellor, whose office was to keep a record of the events of the kingdom for the king’s information, and hence, he would naturally be the king’s adviser. See Esther 6:1-2; Isaiah 36:22; 2 Chronicles 34:8. Such an officer is found among the ancient Egyptians and Persians.

Ahimelech the son of Abiathar - According to 1 Samuel 22:9-23, Abiathar, Zadok’s colleague, was the son of Ahimelech. Abiathar the son of Ahimelech continued to be priest through the reign of David. (Compare also 1 Kings 1:7, 1Ki 1:42; 1 Kings 2:22-27.) It almost necessarily follows that there is some error in the text.

The scribe - Or secretary of state 2 Kings 12:10; 2 Kings 18:37, different from the military scribe (Judges 5:14 note).

2 Samuel 8:18

The Cherethites and the Pelethites - See the marginal reference note.

Chief rulers - The word כהן kôhên, here rendered a “chief ruler,” is the regular word for a priest. In the early days of the monarchy the word כהן kôhên had not quite lost its etymological sense, from the root meaning to minister, or manage affairs, though in later times its technical sense alone survived.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 8:17. Seraiah - the scribe — Most likely the king's private secretary. See 1 Chronicles 24:3 (note).