1 Kings 1:8

1:8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s elite warriors ¹  did not ally themselves ²  with Adonijah.

1 Kings 1:45

1:45 Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed ³  him king in Gihon. They went up from there rejoicing, and the city is in an uproar. That is the sound you hear.

1 Kings 2:35

2:35 The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of ⁴  the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar’s place. ⁵ 

1 Kings 2:1

David’s Final Words to Solomon

2:1 When David was close to death, ⁶  he told ⁷  Solomon his son:

1 Kings 1:22

1:22 Just then, ⁸  while she was still speaking to the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.

Ezekiel 34:23

34:23 I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them – namely, my servant David. ⁹  He will feed them and will be their shepherd.

Ezekiel 44:15-16

The Levitical Priests

44:15 “‘But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok ¹⁰  who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, will approach me to minister to me; they will stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the sovereign Lord. 44:16 They will enter my sanctuary, and approach my table to minister to me; they will keep my charge.

Hebrews 2:17

2:17 Therefore he had ¹¹  to be made like his brothers and sisters ¹²  in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement ¹³  for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 7:26-28

7:26 For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. 7:27 He has no need to do every day what those priests do, to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, since he did this in offering himself once for all. 7:28 For the law appoints as high priests men subject to weakness, ¹⁴  but the word of solemn affirmation that came after the law appoints a son made perfect forever.

¹ tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).

² tn Heb “were not.”

³ tn I.e., designated by anointing with oil.

⁴ tn Heb “over.”

⁵ tc The Old Greek translation includes after v. 35 some fourteen verses that are absent from the MT.

⁶ tn Heb “and the days of David approached to die.”

⁷ tn Or “commanded.”

⁸ tn Heb “look.” The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) here draws attention to Nathan’s arrival and invites the audience to view the scene through the eyes of the participants.

⁹ sn The messianic king is here called “David” (see Jer 30:9 and Hos 3:5, as well as Isa 11:1 and Mic 5:2) because he will fulfill the Davidic royal ideal depicted in the prophets and royal psalms (see Ps 2, 89).

¹⁰ sn Zadok was a descendant of Aaron through Eleazar (1 Chr 6:50-53), who served as a priest during David’s reign (2 Sam 8:17).

¹¹ tn Or “he was obligated.”

¹² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

¹³ tn Or “propitiation.”

¹⁴ sn See Heb 5:2 where this concept was introduced.