1 Chronicles 18:16

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;”

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BSBPD

“Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and Zadok son of Ahitub, and Abimelech son of Abiathar, <FI>are<Fi> priests, and Shavsha <FI>is<Fi> scribe,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Chronicles 18:16 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 22:20But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.
  2. 2 Samuel 8:17Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
  3. 2 Samuel 20:25Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
  4. 1 Kings 2:35And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.
  5. 1 Kings 4:3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
  6. 1 Chronicles 24:3With the help of Eleazar’s descendant Zadok and Ithamar’s descendant Ahimelech, David divided them according to the offices of their service.
  7. 1 Chronicles 24:6The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.

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