And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him.
The keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok - lineally descended from Aaron; he had the high priesthood conferred on him by Solomon, who had set aside the family of Ithamar, because of the part which Abiathar had taken in the rebellion of Adonijah, thereby fulfilling the word of the Lord concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh (1 Kings 1:7; 1 Kings 2:26-27).