and Ahitubbecamethe fatherof Zadok,and Zadokbecamethe fatherof Ahimaaz,
The kingsaidalso to Zadokthe priest,"Are you [not] a seer?Returnto the cityin peaceand your twosonswith you, your sonAhimaazand Jonathanthe sonof Abiathar.
Then Hushaisaidto Zadokand to Abiatharthe priests,"Thisis whatAhithophelcounseledAbsalomand the eldersof Israel,and thisis whatI have counseled.
Now Jonathanand Ahimaazwere stayingat En-rogel,and a maidservantwould goand tellthem, and they would goand tellKingDavid,for they couldnot be seenenteringthe city.
Then Absalom'sservantscameto the womanat the houseand said,"Whereare Ahimaazand Jonathan?"And the womansaidto them, "They have crossedthe brookof water."And whenthey searchedand could not find[them], they returnedto Jerusalem.
Then Ahimaazthe sonof Zadoksaid,"Pleaselet me runand bringthe kingnewsthat the LORDhas freedhim from the handof his enemies."
Now Ahimaazthe sonof Zadoksaidoncemoreto Joab,"But whateverhappens,pleaselet me alsorunafterthe Cushite."And Joabsaid,"Whywould you run,my son,since you will havenorewardfor going?"
and Shevawas scribe,and Zadokand Abiatharwere priests;
Zadokthe sonof Ahituband Ahimelechthe sonof Abiathar[were] priests,and Seraiah[was] secretary.
"Let Zadokthe priestand Nathanthe prophetanointhim thereas kingoverIsrael,and blowthe trumpetand say,[Long] liveKingSolomon!'
"The kinghas also sentwith him Zadokthe priest,Nathanthe prophet,Benaiahthe sonof Jehoiada,the Cherethites,and the Pelethites;and they have made him rideon the king'smule.
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.
also Zadok,a youngmanmightyof valor,and of his father'shousetwenty-twocaptains.
David,with Zadokof the sonsof Eleazarand Ahimelechof the sonsof Ithamar,dividedthem according to their officesfor their ministry.
Meraiothbecamethe fatherof Amariah,and Amariahbecamethe fatherof Ahitub,
and Ahimaazbecamethe fatherof Azariah,and Azariahbecamethe fatherof Johanan,
Azariahthe chiefpriestof the houseof Zadoksaidto him, "Sincethe contributionsbeganto be broughtinto the houseof the LORD,we have had enoughto eatwith plentyleftover,for the LORDhas blessedHis people,and thisgreatquantityis leftover."