1 Chronicles 18 · Verse 16

1 Chronicles 18:16

And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
1 Chronicles 18:16, King James Version

1 Chronicles 18:16 in other translations

BSBZadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;
WEBZadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was scribe;
ASVand Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
YLTand Zadok son of Ahitub, and Abimelech son of Abiathar, are priests, and Shavsha is scribe,
DARBYand Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
BBEAnd Zadok, the son of Ahitub; and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was the scribe;
WebsterAnd Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;

What does 1 Chronicles 18:16 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 Zadok - and Abimelech - priests - Both high priests; one at Gibeon, and the other at Jerusalem, as we have seen 1Chr 16:39. Shavsha was scribe - Called Seraiah, 2Sam 8:17.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

1 Chronicles 18:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְצָד֧וֹקve.tza.Dokand ZadokH6659
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
אֲחִיט֛וּב'a.chi.TuvAhitubH285
וַאֲבִימֶ֥לֶךְva.'a.vi.Me.lekhand AbimelechH40
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
אֶבְיָתָ֖ר'ev.ya.TarAbiatharH54
כֹּהֲנִ֑יםko.ha.Nim[were] priestsH3548
וְשַׁוְשָׁ֖אve.shav.Sha'and ShavshaH7798
סוֹפֵֽר\׃so.Fer[was the] scribeH5608

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 18:16

  • 2 Samuel 8:17

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

  • 2 Samuel 20:25

    And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:

  • 1 Kings 4:3

    Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.

  • 1 Chronicles 24:6

    And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

  • 1 Kings 2:35

    And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Abimelech.
2Sa 8:17
Ahimelech. Abiathar.
2Sa 20:25; 1Ki 2:35
Shavsha.
2Sa 8:17
Seraiah.
2Sa 20:25
Sheva.
1Ki 4:3
Shisha.

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 18:15

    And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.

  • 1 Chronicles 18:16

    And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;

  • 1 Chronicles 18:17

    And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.

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1 Chronicles 18:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Sadoc hijo de Achîtob, y Abimelec hijo de Abiathar, eran sacerdotes; y Sausa, secretario;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et Tsadok, fils d’Akhitub, et Abimélec, fils d’Abiathar, étaient sacrificateurs; et Shavsha était scribe;
German
Elberfelder 1871		und Zadok, der Sohn Ahitubs, und Ahimelech, der Sohn Abjathars, waren Priester; und Schawscha war Schreiber;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sadoc autem filius Achitob, et Ahimelech filius Abiathar, sacerdotes: et Susa, scriba: