also Zadok,a youngmanmightyof valor,and of his father'shousetwenty-twocaptains.
Zadokthe sonof Ahituband Ahimelechthe sonof Abiathar[were] priests,and Seraiah[was] secretary.
But Zadokthe priest,Benaiahthe sonof Jehoiada,Nathanthe prophet,Shimei,Rei,and the mightymenwhobelonged to David,were not with Adonijah.
The kingappointedBenaiahthe sonof Jehoiadaoverthe armyin his place,and the kingappointedZadokthe priestin the placeof Abiathar.
Benaiahthe sonof Jehoiada,the sonof a valiantmanof Kabzeel,mightyin deeds,struckdownthe two[sons of] Arielof Moab.He also wentdownand killeda lioninsidea piton a snowyday.
These[things] Benaiahthe sonof Jehoiadadid,and had a nameas well as the threemightymen.
Now Jehoiadawas the leaderof [the house of] Aaron,and with him were 3,700,
Then Davidcalledfor Zadokand Abiatharthe priests,and for the Levites,for Uriel,Asaiah,Joel,Shemaiah,Elieland Amminadab,
The thirdcommanderof the armyfor the thirdmonth[was] Benaiah,the sonof Jehoiadathe priest,[as] chief;and in his division[were] 24,000
Zadokhis son,Ahimaazhis son.
and Ahitubbecamethe fatherof Zadok,and Zadokbecamethe fatherof Ahimaaz,
"But the Leviticalpriests,the sonsof Zadok,whokeptchargeof My sanctuarywhen the sonsof Israelwentastrayfrom Me, shall comenearto Me to ministerto Me; and they shall standbeforeMe to offerMe the fatand the blood,"declaresthe LordGOD.