Zadok
This Zadok was a son of Azor named in Matthew's genealogy of Jesus Christ, part of the unrecorded chain between Zerubbabel and Joseph. He is a different person from the better-known priest Zadok who served under King David, though both share the same name.
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Biography
- Father
- Azor
- Era
- Exile / Second Temple
Family
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This Zadok shares his name with the far more prominent priest Zadok who anointed Solomon as king (1 Kings 1:39), but the two are separated by roughly 500 years and are not the same person.
Key Chapters
Key Passages
From the Exile to Joseph
Matthew 1:14
The name Zadok ('righteous') was common in Israel, in part due to the fame of David's high priest of the same name, but this later Zadok is otherwise unattested.
14nd Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;