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1 Chronicles 24

1 Chron. 24:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
distributed
chalaq (Hebrew #2505)
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
KJV usage: deal, distribute, divide, flatter, give, (have, im-)part(-ner), take away a portion, receive, separate self, (be) smooth(-er).
Pronounce: khaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
them, both Zadok
Tsadowq (Hebrew #6659)
just; Tsadok, the name of eight or nine Israelites
KJV usage: Zadok.
Pronounce: tsaw-doke'
Origin: from 6663
of the sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Eleazar
'El`azar (Hebrew #499)
God (is) helper; Elazar, the name of seven Israelites
KJV usage: Eleazar.
Pronounce: el-aw-zawr'
Origin: from 410 and 5826
, and Ahimelech
'Achiymelek (Hebrew #288)
brother of (the) king; Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite
KJV usage: Ahimelech.
Pronounce: akh-ee-meh'-lek
Origin: from 251 and 4428
r of the sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Ithamar
'Iythamar (Hebrew #385)
coast of the palm-tree; Ithamar, a son of Aaron
KJV usage: Ithamar.
Pronounce: eeth-aw-mawr'
Origin: from 339 and 8558
, according to their offices
pquddah (Hebrew #6486)
visitation (in many senses, chiefly official)
KJV usage: account, (that have the) charge, custody, that which...laid up, numbers, office(-r), ordering, oversight, + prison, reckoning, visitation.
Pronounce: pek-ood-daw'
Origin: feminine passive participle of 6485
in their service
`abodah (Hebrew #5656)
from 5647; work of any kind
KJV usage: act, bondage, + bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, X wrought.
Pronounce: ab-o-daw'
Origin: or mabowdah {ab-o-daw'}
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1 Sam. 21:1• 1{i}And David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech trembled at meeting David, and said to him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?{/i} (1 Sam. 21:1)
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1 Sam. 22:9• 9{i}Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.{/i} (1 Sam. 22:9)
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Ithamar,
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Cross References

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Zadok.
1 Chron. 24:6,31• 6{i}And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, inscribed them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the chief fathers of the priests and Levites: one father's house was drawn for Eleazar, and one drawn for Ithamar.{/i}
 31{i}These likewise cast lots just as their brethren the sons of Aaron before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief fathers of the priests and Levites, —the chief fathers just as the youngest of their brethren.{/i} (1 Chron. 24:6,31)
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1 Chron. 6:4‑8,50‑53• 4{i}Eleazar begot Phinehas; Phinehas begot Abishua,{/i}
 5{i}and Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi,{/i}
 6{i}and Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth;{/i}
 7{i}Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub,{/i}
 8{i}and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz,{/i}
 50{i}And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,{/i}
 51{i}Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,{/i}
 52{i}Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,{/i}
 53{i}Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.{/i} (1 Chron. 6:4‑8,50‑53)
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1 Chron. 12:27‑28• 27And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
 28and Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains. (1 Chron. 12:27‑28)
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1 Chron. 15:11• 11{i}And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab;{/i} (1 Chron. 15:11)
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1 Chron. 16:39• 39{i}And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah in the high place that was at Gibeon,{/i} (1 Chron. 16:39)
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2 Sam. 20:25• 25{i}and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;{/i} (2 Sam. 20:25)
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1 Kings 2:35• 35{i}And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his stead over the host; and Zadok the priest the king put in the stead of Abiathar.{/i} (1 Kings 2:35)
Ahimelech.This was Abiathar, who appears to have had the name of Ahimelech, as well as his father.
1 Sam. 21:1• 1{i}And David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech trembled at meeting David, and said to him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?{/i} (1 Sam. 21:1)
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1 Sam. 22:9‑23• 9{i}Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.{/i}
 10{i}And he inquired of Jehovah for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.{/i}
 11{i}Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob; and they came all of them to the king.{/i}
 12{i}And Saul said, Hear now, son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.{/i}
 13{i}And Saul said to him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me as a lier-in-wait, as at this day?{/i}
 14{i}And Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and has access to thy secret council, and is honourable in thy house?{/i}
 15{i}Was it today that I began to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king charge anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.{/i}
 16{i}And the king said, Thou shalt certainly die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.{/i}
 17{i}And the king said to the couriers that stood about him, Turn and put the priests of Jehovah to death; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not inform me. But the servants of the king were not willing to put forth their hand to fall on the priests of Jehovah.{/i}
 18{i}And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and fell on the priests, and put to death that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.{/i}
 19{i}And Nob, the city of the priests, he smote with the edge of the sword, both men and women, infants and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.{/i}
 20And one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
 21{i}And Abiathar informed David that Saul had slain Jehovah's priests.{/i}
 22{i}And David said to Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would certainly tell Saul: I am accountable for all the lives of thy father's house.{/i}
 23{i}Abide with me, fear not; for he that seeks my life seeks thy life; for with me thou art in safe keeping.{/i} (1 Sam. 22:9‑23)
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2 Sam. 8:17• 17{i}and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was scribe;{/i} (2 Sam. 8:17)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their office in their service.

W. Kelly Translation

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And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their office in their service.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)