THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
It further reveals that the high priest Sadok descended from Eleazar, while Abimelech came from the line of Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 24:3Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And David distributed them, that is, Sadoc of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their courses and ministry.
וַיֶּֽחָלְקֵ֣ם דָּוִ֔יד וְצָדוֹק֙ מִן־בְּנֵ֣י אֶלְעָזָ֔ר וַאֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְ מִן־בְּנֵ֣י אִיתָמָ֑ר לִפְקֻדָּתָ֖ם בַּעֲבֹדָתָֽם׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- 2 Sam 8:17And Sadoc the son of Achitob, and Achimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests: and Saraias was the scribe:
- 1 Chr 24:31And they also cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron before David the king, and Sadoc, and Ahimelech, and the princes of the priestly and Levitical families, both the elder and the younger. The lot divided all equally.
- 1 Chr 15:11And David called Sadoc, and Abiathar the priests, and the Levites, Uriel, Asaia, Joel, Semeia, Eliel, and Aminadab:
- 1 Chr 24:6And Semeias the son of Nathanael the scribe a Levite, wrote them down before the king and the princes, and Sadoc the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the princes also of the priestly and Levitical families: one house, which was over the rest, of Eleazar: and another house, which had the rest under it, of Ithamar.
- 1 Chr 6:4Eleazar begot Phinees, and Phinees begot Abisue,
- 1 Chr 6:8Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Achimaas.
- 1 Chr 12:27And Joiada prince of the race of Aaron, and with him three thousand seven hundred.
- 1 Chr 12:28Sadoc also a young man of excellent disposition, and the house of his father, twenty-two principal men.