2 Samuel 8:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;f ”

2 Samuel 8:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For a similar account of the officers of Solomon’s kingdom, see 1 Kings 4:1-6 , where Jehoshaphat is still the recorder, and Benaiah is advanced to be captain of the host in the room of Joab. The...
2 Samuel 8:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 8. David's Victories. His Ministers (D) . A concluding summary, corresponding to the similar section on Saul ( 1 Samuel 14:47 ff.) and by the same hand. Apparently it formed the conclusion...
2 Samuel 8:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zadok . Probably served at Gibeon. Compare 1 Chronicles 18:16 . Ahimelech the son of Abiathar . Named after his grandfather ( 1 Samuel 21:1 ; 2 Samuel 22:9 ; 2 Samuel 22:16 ). Abiathar . Prob...
2 Samuel 8:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe; Seraiah - the scribe - Most likely the king's private secretary. See 1 Chronicles 24...
2 Samuel 8:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Seraiah was the scribe— Supposed to be the king's secretary of state, or prime counsellor in the law. Bishop Patrick says, that as the Hebrew word סופר sopher, which we translate scribe, import...
2 Samuel 8:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe; Zadok ... and ... Ahimelech the son of Aniathar were the priests. There is a conf...
2 Samuel 8:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David's Victories, and a List of his Officers This chapter concludes this account of David's reign. The remainder of the book is taken from a different source.
2 Samuel 8:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar. — So Ahimelech is also described in 1 Chronicles 18:16 ; 1 Chronicles 24:6 ; on the other hand, Abiathar is expressly said to be the son of Ahimelech in the narrat...
2 Samuel 8:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XI. ADMINISTRATION OF THE KINGDOM. 2 Samuel 8:15-18 . IF the records of David's warlike expeditions are brief, still more so are the notices of his work of peace. How he fulfilled his...
2 Samuel 8:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Victorious on Every Side 2 Samuel 8:1-18 Twice in this chapter we are told that the Lord gave victory to David “whithersoever he went,” 2 Samuel 8:6 ; 2 Samuel 8:14 . Indeed, he was more than...
2 Samuel 8:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the record of some of the victories of David, again not necessarily in chronological order. There is, however, a very close relation between this account of them and what had preceded....
2 Samuel 8:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(16) And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; (17) And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah...
2 Samuel 8:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, [were] the priests ,.... Not high priests, as Josephus i suggests, for there was only one high priest at a time; indeed there was a "s...
2 Samuel 8:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, [were] the priests; and Seraiah [was] the scribe; Ver. 17. Were the priests. ] Ahimelech, alias Abiathar, being the only high priest...
2 Samuel 8:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zadok and Ahimelech were the priests That is, as some think, Zadok was the high-priest, and Ahimelech his sagan or vicar; or, according to others, neither of these was the high-priest, but they wer...
2 Samuel 8:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

God's declaration to David of His sovereign counsels in chapter 7 and David's submission and worship had good practical effect. Notice it is "after this" (v.1) that David defeated and subdued the Phi...
2 Samuel 8:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Administration of the Government of Israel. B. C. 1042. 15 And David reigned o...
2 Samuel 8:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The son of Ahitub; not of that Ahitub, 1Sa 22 ; for that was of Ithamar's race, but this of Eleazar. Ahimelech the son of Abiathar; so Abiathar called his son by the name of his father, 1 Samu...
2 Samuel 8:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 8:1 . “Metheg-ammah.” This is a very obscure word, and has been very variously translated. “Metheg” is a “bridle,” and “ammah” is translated moth...
2 Samuel 8:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 8:2 . Two lines. The measuring line gave inheritance, but here the line gave the inheritance of rebels to others, as is the manner of treating rebels by a total forfeiture of inheritance....
2 Samuel 8:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

David smote the Philistines and subdued them. The victorious king These years of war gave birth to some of the grandest of the psalms, amongst which may be numbered, 2., 20., 21., 60., 110. I...
2 Samuel 8:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 8:1 David smote the Philistines. In the previous chapter we have seen that the empire of David not only marked an era in the development of Israel nationally, but was...
2 Samuel 8:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Prestige Recognized
2 Samuel 8:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 18:16 ; 1 Chronicles 24:3 ; 1 Chronicles 24:4 ; 1 Chronicles 6:53 ; 1 Chronicles 6:8
2 Samuel 8:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Scribe — Or, secretary of state.

2 Samuel 8:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 8:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 8:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 8:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 8:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 8:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 8:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 8:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 8:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 8:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 8:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 8:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 8:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 8:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 8:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 8:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 8:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 8:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 8:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 8:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes