Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.
Parallel translations
- WEB Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.
- KJV Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
- BSB Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.
- NASB Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.
- NLT Zadok, and Ahimaaz.
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Quick answer
The line concludes with Zadok and Ahimaaz. This brings the priestly genealogy down to the family confirmed under David and Solomon.
Overview
Ending with Zadok and his son Ahimaaz, the Chronicler ties this priestly line to the loyal house that ministered in Solomon's temple. The list affirms the legitimacy of the priesthood that served in Jerusalem and continued after the exile. It assures readers that God preserved a true priesthood, fulfilled and surpassed in Jesus Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Sam 8:17Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, Seraiah was scribe,
- Ezek 44:15But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who performed the duty of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me; and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord Yahweh:
- 2 Sam 15:35–36Don’t you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? Therefore whatever you hear out of the king’s house, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
- 1 Chr 23:16The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.
- 2 Sam 15:24–27Behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down God’s ark; and Abiathar went up, until all the people finished passing out of the city.
- 1 Chr 12:28and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father’s house twenty-two captains.
- 2 Sam 20:25Sheva was scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar were priests,
- 1 Kgs 1:8But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
- 1 Kgs 2:35The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.
- 1 Kgs 4:4Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
- 1 Kgs 1:26But he hasn’t called me, even me your servant, Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon.
- 2 Sam 17:15–17Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counseled this way.
- 1 Sam 2:35I will raise me up a faithful priest, that will do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house; and he will walk before my anointed forever.
- 1 Chr 6:8Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz.
- 1 Chr 24:31These likewise cast lots even as their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers’ households of the chief even as those of his younger brother.
- 1 Kgs 1:34Let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel. Blow the trumpet, and say, ‘Long live king Solomon!’
- 1 Chr 24:3David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their ordering in their service.
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