Zadok] He was in Davids, and Solomons times, 2 Sam. VIII. 17. and XX. 25. 1 King. I. 8. He anointed Solomon King, and by him was put in the roome of Abiathar, 1 King. I. 32, 34. and chap. II. 35. He was the son of another Ahitub then he that was father of Ahimelech: And he came from Eleazar, the eldest son of Aaron, and from Phineas, his son, after six descents, 1 Chron. VI. 4, 5, 6. And the High Priests of his posterity in a continued series and succession, to the Babylonish Captivity, are recorded in eleven generations, 1 Chron. VI. 9,—15. And after the Captivity, in six generations to Jaddua, who lived in the dayes of Alexander the Great: which is the last Historical Record of the Old Testament, Neh. XII, 10, 11. This Zadoks son was that Ahimaaz, afterwards High Priest, mentioned by David, 2 Sam. XV. 27. This Zadok, of the line of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the line of Ithamar were the Priests, chief of those two families, with command over the rest of the Priests of those two families severally: But Abiathar the father of Abimelech was then the supreme and only High Priest.