1 Kings 4:2

4:2 These were his officials:

Azariah son of Zadok was the priest.

1 Kings 4:4

4:4 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of ¹  the army.

Zadok and Abiathar were priests.

1 Kings 1:26

1:26 But he did not invite me – your servant – or Zadok the priest, or Benaiah son of Jehoiada, or your servant Solomon.

1 Kings 1:8

1:8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s elite warriors ²  did not ally themselves ³  with Adonijah.

1 Kings 1:32

1:32 King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, ⁴  and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,

1 Kings 1:34

1:34 There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet will anoint ⁵  him king over Israel; then blow the trumpet and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

1 Kings 1:45

1:45 Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed ⁶  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 ⁷  the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar’s place. ⁸ 

1 Kings 1:38-39

1:38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites ⁹  went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon. 1:39 Zadok the priest took a horn filled with olive oil ¹⁰  from the tent and poured it on ¹¹  Solomon; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, “Long live King Solomon!”

1 Kings 1:44

1:44 The king sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites and they put him on the king’s mule.

[4:4]  ¹ tn Heb “was over.”

[1:8]  ¹ tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).

[1:8]  ² tn Heb “were not.”

[1:32]  ¹ sn Summon…Nathan. Nathan must have left the room when Bathsheba reentered.

[1:34]  ¹ tn Or “designate” (i.e., by anointing with oil).

[1:45]  ¹ tn I.e., designated by anointing with oil.

[2:35]  ¹ tn Heb “over.”

[2:35]  ² tc The Old Greek translation includes after v. 35 some fourteen verses that are absent from the MT.

[1:38]  ¹ sn The Kerethites and Pelethites were members of David’s royal guard (see 2 Sam 8:18). The Kerethites may have been descendants of an ethnic group originating in Crete.

[1:39]  ¹ tn Heb “the horn of oil.” This has been specified as olive oil in the translation for clarity.

[1:39]  ² tn Or “anointed.”