And the scribe, Shemaiah the son of Nethanel, one of the Levites, wrote them down before the king, the rulers, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers of the priests and Levites, one father's house taken for Eleazar and one for Ithamar.

These also cast lots, as their brothers the sons of Aaron did, in the presence of King David: Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and Levites, and the chief fathers, as well as their younger brethren.

Eleazar begot Phinehas, and Phinehas begot Abishua,

Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth,

Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz,

These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,

Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

Jehoiada, the leader of the Aaronites, and with him three thousand seven hundred;

Zadok, a young man mighty in valor, and from his father's house twenty-two commanders;

And David summoned Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and the Levites: Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab;

and Zadok the priest and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah at the high place that was at Gibeon,

Sheva was scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were the priests;

And the king appointed Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.

And David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech trembled when he met David, and said to him, Why are you alone, and no one is with you?

Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

So the king sent to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests who were at Nob. And they all came to the king.

And Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise up against me, to lie in wait, as it is this day?

Have I this day begun to inquire of God for him? Let it not be! Let not the king impute anything to his servant, or to any in the house of my father; for your servant has known nothing of all this, little or much.

And the king said to the guards who stood about him, Turn and kill the priests of Jehovah, because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he was fleeing and did not disclose it in my ear. But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to fall upon the priests of Jehovah.

Also Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, oxen and donkeys and sheep; with the edge of the sword.

And Abiathar reported to David that Saul had killed the priests of Jehovah.

Stay with me, do not fear; for he who seeks my soul seeks your soul; but with me you shall be safeguarded.

Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the scribe;