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39 But the priest Zadok and his priestly brothers he left before the tabernacle of the Lord on the high place at Gibeon,(A)

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17 Zadok, son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech, son of Abiathar, were priests.[a] Shavsha was scribe.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:17 Zadok…Ahimelech, son of Abiathar, were priests: the names of Abiathar and Ahimelech are frequently associated with David (1 Sm 22:20; 23:6; 30:7; 2 Sm 15:24, 29, 35; 17:15; 19:12; 20:25), but they show Abiathar acting as priest, not Ahimelech: Abiathar shared the priestly office with Zadok in David’s reign and even during Solomon’s early years (1 Kgs 2:26; 4:4). Ahimelech was the name of Abiathar’s father. This verse and 1 Chr 18:16 may indicate that Abiathar had a son named Ahimelech who also acted as a priest, like his father and his namesake grandfather, in the last years of David.

29 So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem and remained there.

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35 You will have the priests Zadok and Abiathar there with you. If you hear anything from the king’s house, you shall report it to the priests Zadok and Abiathar,

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