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Zadok

Portrait of 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

Parents
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Zadok
New Testament Genealogy

Did You Know?

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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.

A14nd Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;

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