1-Chronicles - 18:16



16 and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;

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And Sadoc the son of Achitob, and Achimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests: and Susa, scribe.
And Zadok, the son of Ahitub; and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was the scribe;

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Zadok - and Abimelech - priests - Both high priests; one at Gibeon, and the other at Jerusalem, as we have seen 1-Chronicles 16:39.
Shavsha was scribe - Called Seraiah, 2-Samuel 8:17.

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