Zadok ("righteous") was the name of several individuals.
- A son of Ahitub, of the line of Eleazer ( 2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Chronicles 24:3), high priest in the time of David (2 Sam. 20:25) and Solomon (1 Kings 4:4). He is first mentioned as coming to take part with David at Hebron (1 Chr. 12:27, 28). He was probably on this account made ruler over the Aaronites (27:17). Zadok and Abiathar acted as high priests on several important occasions (1 Chr. 15:11; 2 Sam. 15:24-29, 35, 36); but when Adonijah endeavoured to secure the throne, Abiathar went with him, and therefore Solomon "thrust him out from being high priest," and Zadok, remaining faithful to David, became high priest alone ( 1 Kings 2:27, 35; 1 Chr. 29:22). In him the line of Phinehas resumed the dignity, and held it till the fall of Jerusalem. He was succeeded in his sacred office by his son Azariah (1 Kings 4:2; compare 1 Chr. 6:3-9).
- The father of Jerusha, who was wife of King Uzziah, and mother of King Jotham (2 Kings 15:33; 2 Chr. 27:1).
- "The scribe" set over the treasuries of the temple by Nehemiah along with a priest and a LeviteIn the Jewish tradition, a Levite "Attached", Standard Hebrew Levi Tiberian Hebrew Lew is a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi. The Levites were the only one of the Israelite tribes who received cities but no tribal land when Joshua led the Israelites int ( NehemiahThe Book of Nehemiah is a book of the Hebrew Bible, known to Jews as the Tanakh and to Christians as the Old Testament. It is historically regarded as a continuation of the Book of Ezra. The author of this book is believed to be Nehemiah himself. There ar 13:13).
- The sons of Baana, one of those who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:4).
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