Parallel Verses

Amplified

Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests, and Shavsha was secretary (state scribe);

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Zadok son of Ahitub
and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests;
Shavsha was court secretary;

International Standard Version

Ahitub's son Zadok and Abiathar's son Ahimelech were priests, Shavsha was his personal secretary,

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Zadok son of Ahitub and Abimelech son of Abiathar [were] priests, and Shavsha [was] secretary.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

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

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

and Zadok son of Ahitub, and Abimelech son of Abiathar, are priests, and Shavsha is scribe,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
צדוק 
Tsadowq 
Usage: 53

of Ahitub
אחיטוּב 
'Achiytuwb 
Usage: 15

and Abimelech
H40
אבימלך 
'Abiymelek 
Usage: 67

H54
אביתר 
'Ebyathar 
Usage: 30

כּהן 
Kohen 
Usage: 750

and Shavsha
שׁושׁא 
Shavsha' 
Usage: 1

Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Chronicles 18:16

Verse Info

Context Readings

David's Administration

15 Joab the son of Zeruiah was in command of the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder; 16 Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests, and Shavsha was secretary (state scribe); 17 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in charge of the Cherethites and the Pelethites [David’s bodyguards], and the sons of David were chiefs at the king’s side.

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:17

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

2 Samuel 20:25

Sheva was the scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

1 Kings 4:3

Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder [of important events];

1 Kings 2:35

The king appointed Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab’s place, and appointed Zadok the priest in place of Abiathar.

1 Chronicles 24:6

Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, from the Levites, recorded them in the presence of the king, the officers, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar [the priest who escaped Saul’s massacre at Nob], and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites; one father’s household taken for Eleazar and one taken for Ithamar.

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